Clamp-type measuring device and measuring method

• US 10,393,496 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2017
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Chen, Chin-Ming, Chen, Shang-Te, Ko, Po-Hsiu, Lu, Ren-Hao, Lin, Szu-Chia, Liao, Meng-Chiou, Chen, Kuan-Wen, Hsiao, Hsi-Hung, Chang, Shou-Xuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Astacio-Oquendo, Giovanni
• Application Number:
  US15/851,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20190154425A1
• Time in Patent Office: 614 Days
• Field of Search: 3242072, 32420713, 32420711, 324200
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 17/003 by measuring a position
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 2703/02 Work clamping means
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 5/16 Details, e.g. jaws, jaw attachments
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 7/02 for measuring length, width or thickness G01B7/004, G01B7/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 5/145 influenced by the relative movement between the Hall device and magnetic fields see G01R33/06

Abstract

The disclosure is related to a clamp-type measuring device includes a clamp and an interval measuring module. The clamp includes a guiding rail and two holding arm. Each of holding arms includes a guide part, a connecting part, and a clamping part. The guide part is movably furnished on the guiding rail. Both ends of the connecting part are respectively connected to the guide part and the clamping part. The interval measuring module includes a first measuring element and a second measuring element. The first measuring element and the second measuring element are furnished on the two connecting parts respectively. The first measuring element and the second measuring element are slidable through the two guide parts respectively in order to measure an interval between the two clamping parts. In addition, the disclosure is also related to a measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device.

Claims

1. A clamp-type measuring device, adapted to clamp and measure a workpiece, comprising:

a clamp, further comprising;

a guiding rail; and

two holding arms, each of them further comprising a guide part, a connecting part and a clamping part;

both ends of the connecting part are connected respectively to the guide part and the clamping part where the guide part is movably furnished at the guiding rail; and

the two clamping parts are used to clamp the workpiece; and

an interval measuring module, further comprising;

a first measuring element furnished at one of the connecting parts; and

a second measuring element furnished at the other connecting part;

wherein, the first measuring element and the second measuring element are slidable with respect to the guiding rail through the two guide parts respectively, such that the first measuring element and the second measuring element are movably closing to or away from each other in order to measure an interval between the two clamping parts according to an interval between the first measuring element and the second measuring element.

2. The clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 1, further comprising a sleeve, wherein one of the two connecting parts has a threaded hole, the sleeve is sleeved on the first measuring element, and the sleeve is screwed into the threaded hole, such that the first measuring element is movable with respect to the second measuring element by moving the sleeve.

3. The clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 1, further comprising a cap furnished on the sleeve, wherein the cap is permeable to light.

4. The clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 1, wherein the first measuring element is a Hall effect sensor, and the second measuring element is a magnet.

5. The clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 1, wherein the first measuring element is a capacitive sensor, and the second measuring element is a metal block.

6. The clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 1, wherein the first measuring element is a resistive sensor, and the second measuring element is a metal block.

7. The clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 1, wherein the first measuring element and the second measuring element together form a contact-type measuring device.

8. The clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 7, wherein the first measuring element or the second measuring element is a three-dimensional probe.

9. The clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 1, wherein as the interval between the first measuring element and the second measuring element varies, the first measuring element detects corresponding voltage, and a regression curve is obtained according to voltages and respective intervals.

10. The clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 9, wherein as the corresponding voltage is detected by the first measuring element, the interval between the first measuring element and the second measuring element is obtained from the regression curve.

11. The clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 9, wherein a linear part of the regression curve is the best analytic interval of the Hall effect sensor in transforming the voltages to intervals.

12. A measuring method of a clamp-type measuring device, comprising:

clamping a standard workpiece with known width through two holding arms to obtain a first width value of the standard workpiece;

obtaining a first interval value between a first measuring element and a second measuring element through a first measuring element and a second measuring element respectively furnished at the two holding arms;

obtaining a difference value relationship between the first interval value and the first width value by comparing the first interval value and the first width value;

obtaining a second interval value between the first measuring element and the second measuring element through the two holding arms clamping a to-be-measured workpiece with an unknown width; and

obtaining a second width value of the to-be-measured workpiece through the second interval value and the difference value relationship.

13. The measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 12, before clamping the standard workpiece with known width through two holding arms to obtain the first width value of the standard workpiece, further comprising:

obtaining a conversion information of electrical properties and intervals between the first measuring element and the second measuring element.

14. The measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 13, wherein the step of obtaining the first interval value between the first measuring element and the second measuring element through the first measuring element and the second measuring element respectively furnished at the two holding arms, further comprises:

obtaining the first interval value from the conversion information according to the electrical property detected by the first measuring element.

15. The measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 13, wherein the step of obtaining the second interval value between the first measuring element and the second measuring element through the two holding arms clamping the to-be-measured workpiece with the unknown width further comprises:

obtaining the second interval value from the conversion information according to the electrical property detected by the first measuring element.

16. The measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 12, wherein after obtaining the second width value further comprising:

determining if the second width value falls within a qualified interval;

if yes, the another workpiece will be determined qualified;

if not, the another workpiece will be determined unqualified.

17. The measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 12, wherein the first measuring element is a Hall effect sensor, and the second measuring element is a magnet.

18. The measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 12, wherein the first measuring element is a capacitive sensor, and the second measuring element is a metal block.

19. The measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 12, wherein the first measuring element is a resistive sensor, and the second measuring element is a metal block.

20. The measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 12, wherein the first measuring element and the second measuring element together form a contact-type measuring device.

21. The measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 20, wherein the first measuring element or the second measuring element is a three-dimensional probe.

22. The measuring method of the clamp-type measuring device according to the claim 13, wherein a linear part of the of the conversion information is the best analytic interval of the Hall effect sensor in transforming voltages to intervals.