DETECTION-SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS

• US 20100097894A1
• Filed: 08/01/2006
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bosch Corporation (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Bosch Corporation (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Ueno, Haruhiko, Kubota, Osamu, Hurukawa, Hideo, Yui, Takayuki
• Application Number:
  US11/997,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20100097894A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 367/197
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 49/003 involving acoustic means
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 53/00 Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces compensation for grinding wheel abrasion resulting from dressing B24B47/25

Abstract

To enable detection and transmission of an ultrasonic signal with a high S/N ratio without any need for a component requiring high machining precision or high precision in mounting a component.

In a dresser head 41, an ultrasonic sensor 21 detecting an ultrasonic wave is provided, and further provided are: a signal converting/transmitting circuit 23 converting a detected signal of the ultrasonic sensor 21 to a digital signal and subjecting the digital signal to radio modulation; and a signal transmission antenna 26 to which the signal resulting from the radio modulation by the signal converting/transmitting circuit 23 is applied. Further, near the dresser head 41, a signal reception antenna 34 receiving a signal emitted by the signal transmission antenna 26 and a signal reception head 35 demodulating the reception signal obtained by the signal reception antenna 26 are provided, and the demodulated signal is output as a digital signal or an analog signal in a predetermined signal format via a control part 31.

Claims

1-5. -5. (canceled)

6. In a detection-signal transmitting apparatus detecting and transmitting an ultrasonic wave generated in a rotating body,

the apparatus including, in the rotating body:

an ultrasonic sensor detecting the ultrasonic wave;

an analog/digital converter converting a detected signal of the ultrasonic sensor to a digital signal;

a signal converting/transmitting circuit subjecting an output signal of the analog/digital converter to radio modulation;

a signal transmission antenna emitting the signal resulting from the radio modulation by the signal converting/transmitting circuit;

a power reception antenna receiving a power signal with a radio frequency transmitted from an external part; and

a rectifying circuit rectifying the signal obtained by the power reception antenna to supply power,

the apparatus further comprising;

a signal reception antenna receiving the signal emitted from the signal transmission antenna;

a signal reception head performing demodulation and signal level conversion of the reception signal obtained by the signal reception antenna;

a power transmission head generating the power signal with the radio frequency;

a power transmission antenna emitting the power signal with the radio frequency applied from the power transmission head; and

a control part controlling operations of the signal reception head and the power transmission head and performing signal conversion,

wherein the signal transmission antenna and the power reception antenna are each composed of a core member formed in an annular shape and a coil winding wound around the core member and are disposed in a stacked manner, and

wherein the power transmission antenna is provided near an outer peripheral edge of the power reception antenna.

7. The detection-signal transmitting apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the signal reception antenna is composed of a signal reception core member formed in a rectangular columnar shape and a signal reception coil wound around the signal reception core member, and is provided outside a casing housing a motor rotary-driving the rotating body.

8. The detection-signal transmitting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the rotating body is a dresser head used in a dressing work.

9. The detection-signal transmitting apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the control part causes the power transmission head to transmit the power signal with the radio frequency at a timing different from an operation timing of the signal reception head.

10. The detection-signal transmitting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a large-capacity capacitor is provided in a power supply line for supplying power to the analog/digital converter and the signal converting/transmitting circuit in parallel to the rectifying circuit, thereby enabling the power supply by the rectifying circuit in a floating state.