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Position indicator for a piston controlled robot part
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1992-05-20
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Granted: 1993-04-13
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Expires: 2012-05-20
Abstract
Abstract A piston-cylinder assembly is equipped with means for determining and validating the piston position of that assembly part of a robot. A piston 1 slides axially in a cylinder 2, and moves a permanent magnet 13. The resulting magnetic field is sensed by a Hall effect transistor. A member 12 is controlled by a program of analog signals coming from the sensor. When the run of piston 1 is stopped, the position of that piston is one of the positions that have been previously determined and memorized by control member 12.
Inventors
- 👤 Philippe Roudaut
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 15:05
CPC Classifications
B; B25; B25J; B25J13/00; B25J13/08; B25J13/088; B25J15/00; B25J15/02; B25J15/0206; F; F15; F15B; F15B15/00; F15B15/20; F15B15/28; F15B15/2807; F15B15/2815; F15B15/2861; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S294/00; Y10S294/907
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
254 words
A piston-cylinder assembly comprising a piston (1) capable of axially sliding in a cylinder (2), at least one permanent magnet (3) which is mounted as one piece with the piston (1), one or more Hall effect linear magnetic sensors (11, 15) mounted on the cylinder (2), said sensors being responsive to magnetic field of said permanent magnet (3) and delivering signals corresponding to positions of said piston (1) in the cylinder (2), a programmable control device (12), an automaton (31) which controls a robot according to the position of the piston (1) in the cylinder (2), a microcontroller (16) having input ports (18, 19, 20) respectively connected to said sensors (11, 15) and at least one output port (21) connected, via a digital link to said automaton (31), said control device (12) having at least a memory wherein data calculated by said control device (12) are stored or received from the automaton (31), said data being representative of predetermined positions of the piston (1) in said cylinder (2), said control device (12) supplying validation signals to the automaton, said validation signals being in a first state when the piston (1) stops in a position in which the signals delivered by the sensors (11, 15) correspond to data that has been previously stored in the control device memory, and being in a second state when the piston (1) stops in a second position in which the signals delivered by the sensors (11, 15) do not correspond to data previously stored in the control device memory.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
254 words
A piston-cylinder assembly comprising a piston (1) capable of axially sliding in a cylinder (2), at least one permanent magnet (3) which is mounted as one piece with the piston (1), one or more Hall effect linear magnetic sensors (11, 15) mounted on the cylinder (2), said sensors being responsive to magnetic field of said permanent magnet (3) and delivering signals corresponding to positions of said piston (1) in the cylinder (2), a programmable control device (12), an automaton (31) which controls a robot according to the position of the piston (1) in the cylinder (2), a microcontroller (16) having input ports (18, 19, 20) respectively connected to said sensors (11, 15) and at least one output port (21) connected, via a digital link to said automaton (31), said control device (12) having at least a memory wherein data calculated by said control device (12) are stored or received from the automaton (31), said data being representative of predetermined positions of the piston (1) in said cylinder (2), said control device (12) supplying validation signals to the automaton, said validation signals being in a first state when the piston (1) stops in a position in which the signals delivered by the sensors (11, 15) correspond to data that has been previously stored in the control device memory, and being in a second state when the piston (1) stops in a second position in which the signals delivered by the sensors (11, 15) do not correspond to data previously stored in the control device memory.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
269 words
A prehension pincer having a pair of fingers (22, 23) an assembly comprising a piston (1) capable of axially sliding in a cylinder (2) to drive said fingers (22, 23), at least one permanent magnet (3) which is mounted as one piece with the piston (1), one or more Hall effect linear magnetic sensors (11, 15) mounted on the cylinder (2), said sensors being responsive to a magnetic field of said magnet (3) and delivering signals corresponding to positions of said piston (1) in the cylinder (2), a programmable control device (12), an automaton (31) which controls said pincer according to the position of the piston (1) in the cylinder (2), a microcontroller 916), having input ports (18, 19, 20) respectively connected to said sensors (11, 15) and at least an output port (21) connected, via a digital link, to the automation, said control device (12) having at least a memory wherein data calculated by said control device (12) are stored or received from the automaton (31), said data being representative of predetermined positions of the piston 91) in the cylinder (2), said control device (12) supplying validation signals to the automaton (31), said validation signals being in a first state when the piston (1) stops in a position in which the signals delivered by the sensors (11, 15) correspond to data that has been previously stored in the control device memory, and being in a second state when the piston (1) stops in a second position in which the signals delivered by the sensors (11, 15) do not correspond to data previously stored in the control device memory.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
269 words
A prehension pincer having a pair of fingers (22, 23) an assembly comprising a piston (1) capable of axially sliding in a cylinder (2) to drive said fingers (22, 23), at least one permanent magnet (3) which is mounted as one piece with the piston (1), one or more Hall effect linear magnetic sensors (11, 15) mounted on the cylinder (2), said sensors being responsive to a magnetic field of said magnet (3) and delivering signals corresponding to positions of said piston (1) in the cylinder (2), a programmable control device (12), an automaton (31) which controls said pincer according to the position of the piston (1) in the cylinder (2), a microcontroller 916), having input ports (18, 19, 20) respectively connected to said sensors (11, 15) and at least an output port (21) connected, via a digital link, to the automation, said control device (12) having at least a memory wherein data calculated by said control device (12) are stored or received from the automaton (31), said data being representative of predetermined positions of the piston 91) in the cylinder (2), said control device (12) supplying validation signals to the automaton (31), said validation signals being in a first state when the piston (1) stops in a position in which the signals delivered by the sensors (11, 15) correspond to data that has been previously stored in the control device memory, and being in a second state when the piston (1) stops in a second position in which the signals delivered by the sensors (11, 15) do not correspond to data previously stored in the control device memory.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the control device (12) is mounted on an electronic board fixed inside a lodging (19) provided in said cylinder (2).
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