PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE

• US 20140047928A1
• Filed: 06/07/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: BAO, YAN-CHENG, TANG, AI-JUN
• Application Number:
  US13/912,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20140047928A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/862.541
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 27/0038 with the grinding tool mounted at the end of a set of bars
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 49/16 taking regard of the load
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 11/0065 Polishing or grinding
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 13/081 Touching devices, e.g. pressure-sensitive
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 5/00 Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 5/0076 Force sensors associated with manufacturing machines G01L5/0066, G01L5/0071 and B23Q17/09 take precedence; for the specific machine or operation involved see relevant class, e.g. B21 - B42

Abstract

A pressure detection device includes a supporting member, a pressure sensor, a force transmission member, and a limiting member. The supporting member includes a receiving portion and a mounting portion protruding from an end of the receiving portion. The pressure sensor is fixedly received in the receiving portion of the supporting member. The force transmission member includes a main body received in the mounting portion, a transmission portion and an assembly portion protruding from opposite ends of the main body, the transmission portion fixedly extending through the pressure sensor. The limiting member extends through the assembly portion and is fixedly connected to the mounting portion of the supporting member, thereby preventing the force transmission member from rotating. The assembly portion of the force transmission member protrudes from the supporting member, and abuts against an end of the supporting member.

Claims

1. A pressure detection device configurable with a grinding device, comprising:

a supporting member comprising a receiving portion and a mounting portion protruding from an end of the receiving portion;

a pressure sensor fixedly received in the receiving portion of the supporting member;

a force transmission member comprising a main body received in the mounting portion, a transmission portion and an assembly portion protruding from opposite ends of the main body, the transmission portion extending through the pressure sensor; and

a limiting member extending through the assembly portion and fixedly connected to the mounting portion of the supporting member, thereby preventing the force transmission member from rotating;

wherein the assembly portion of the force transmission member protrudes from the supporting member, and abuts against an end of the supporting member for counter-balancing a torsion created on the assembly portion by the grinding device.

2. The pressure detection device of claim 1, further comprising an overload protection cover assembled to the receiving portion of the supporting member, wherein the overload protection cover comprises an overload protection portion, the overload protection portion is spaced from the transmission portion, when the pressure detection device is overloaded, the transmission portion is capable of moving toward the overload protection cover, and resisting the overload protection portion.

3. The pressure detection device of claim 1, wherein an end of the transmission portion of the force transmission member protrudes out of the pressure sensor, the pressure detection device further comprises a locking member mounted on the end of the transmission portion, the locking member presses on the pressure sensor to retain the pressure sensor.

4. The pressure detection device of claim 1, wherein the locking member is comprising of two nuts arranged side by side, and the two nuts are sleeved on the end of the transmission portion of the force transmission member.

5. The pressure detection device of claim 3, wherein the mounting portion defines a mounting surface at an end thereof away from the receiving portion and a mounting hole on the mounting surface, the mounting hole communicates with the receiving chamber, the main body of the force transmission member is received in the mounting hole, the assembly portion abuts against the mounting surface.

6. The pressure detection device of claim 5, wherein the pressure sensor defines an extending hole at a central portion axially thereof, the extending hole is coaxial with the mounting hole, the transmission portion of the force transmission member extends through the extending hole and engages with the extending hole.

7. The pressure detection device of claim 5, wherein the mounting portion further defines a receiving groove and a positioning groove on the mounting surface, the receiving groove is annular, being arranged along a periphery of the mounting surface, and surrounding the mounting hole, the positioning groove extends from an inner side surface of the receiving groove toward the mounting hole along a radial direction of the mounting portion, the limiting member is fixedly received in the positioning groove by an end thereof.

8. The pressure detection device of claim 7, further comprising a buffering assembly, wherein the buffering assembly comprises a sealing member and a rubber buffering plate, the sealing member is received in the receiving groove of the supporting member, the rubber buffering plate is adhered to the assembly portion.

9. A pressure detection device, comprising:

a supporting member comprising a receiving portion and a mounting portion protruding from an end of the receiving portion;

a pressure sensor fixedly received in the receiving portion of the supporting member;

a force transmission member comprising a main body received in the mounting portion, a transmission portion and an assembly portion protruding from opposite ends of the main body, the transmission portion being fixed to the pressure sensor;

a limiting member extending through the assembly portion and fixedly connected to the mounting portion of the supporting member, thereby preventing the force transmission member from rotating; and

an overload protection cover assembled to the receiving portion of the supporting member, the overload protection cover comprising an overload protection portion;

wherein the assembly portion of the force transmission member protrudes from the supporting member and abuts against an end of the supporting member, an end of the transmission portion protrudes out of the pressure sensor and is aligned to the overload protection portion, when the pressure detection device is overloaded, the transmission portion moves toward the overload protection cover and resists the overload protection portion.

10. The pressure detection device of claim 9, wherein the overload protection portion is spaced from the transmission portion.

11. The pressure detection device of claim 9, wherein the end of the transmission portion extends through the pressure sensor, the pressure detection device further comprises a locking member mounted on the end of the transmission portion, the locking member presses on the pressure sensor to retain the pressure sensor.

12. The pressure detection device of claim 9, wherein the locking member is in the form of two nuts arranged side by side, and sleeved on the end of the transmission portion of the force transmission member.

13. The pressure detection device of claim 11, wherein the mounting portion defines a mounting surface at an end thereof away from the receiving portion and a mounting hole on the mounting surface, the mounting hole communicates with the receiving chamber, the main body of the force transmission member is received in the mounting hole, the assembly portion abuts against the mounting surface.

14. The pressure detection device of claim 13, wherein the pressure sensor defines an extending hole at a central portion axially thereof, the extending hole is coaxial with the mounting hole, the transmission portion of the force transmission member extends through the extending hole and engages with the extending hole.

15. The pressure detection device of claim 13, wherein the mounting portion further defines a receiving groove and a positioning groove on the mounting surface, the receiving groove is annular, arranged along a periphery of the mounting surface, and surrounding the mounting hole, the positioning groove extends from an inner side surface of the receiving groove toward the mounting hole along a radial direction of the mounting portion, the limiting member is fixedly received in the positioning groove by an end thereof.

16. The pressure detection device of claim 15, further comprising a buffering assembly, wherein the buffering assembly comprises a sealing member and a rubber buffering plate, the sealing member is received in the receiving groove of the supporting member, the rubber buffering plate is adhered to the assembly portion.