IP Library Granted Patent US 10,775,152
Granted Patent B2
US 10,775,152 · App. 16/085,557 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Inner circumferential length measurement method for circular member

Inventors: Kensuke Matsumura (Shinshiro, JP); Yuichi Sugiyama (Shinshiro, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
G01B11/043G01B11/02G01B11/026G01B21/02G01B21/06
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Patent No.
US 10,775,152
App. No.
16/085,557
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inner circumferential length measurement method includes the steps of: disposing a two-dimensional sensor at a predetermined measurement position on an inner side of the circular member placed flat in an unrestrained state on a support so that the two-dimensional sensor faces an inner circumferential surface of the circular member in a non-contact state; rotating the two-dimensional sensor about rotation shaft at a predetermined position on the inner side of the circular member; measuring a separation distance from the two-dimensional sensor to the inner circumferential surface around an entire circumference of the circular member; and calculating an inner circumferential length of the circular member via a calculation unit using the separation distance measured and a distance from the rotation shaft to the two-dimensional sensor in a plan view.

Claims (23)

1. An inner circumferential length measurement method for a circular member, comprising the steps of:

disposing a two-dimensional sensor at a predetermined measurement position on an inner side of the circular member placed flat in an unrestrained state on a support such that the two-dimensional sensor faces an inner circumferential surface of the circular member in a non-contact state;

rotating the two-dimensional sensor about a predetermined position on the inner side of the circular member;

measuring a separation distance from the two-dimensional sensor to the inner circumferential surface around an entire circumference of the circular member; and

calculating an inner circumferential length of the circular member via a calculation unit using the separation distance measured and a distance from the predetermined position to the two-dimensional sensor in a plan view; wherein

the support is raisable from a horizontal state to an upright state;

a surface of the support is provided with projection portions spaced from one another, the projection portions projecting from the surface; and

the circular member is placed flat in an unrestrained state on the support by, in a case where the support is in an upright state, engaging the inner circumferential surface of the circular member with two of the projection portions to place the circular member on the support and putting the support in a horizontal state.

2. The inner circumferential length measurement method for a circular member according to claim 1 , wherein

the projection portions are retractable from the surface of the support; and

the projection portions are retracted below the surface of the support after the circular member is placed flat on the support.

3. The inner circumferential length measurement method for a circular member according to claim 2 , wherein

the two-dimensional sensor is a laser sensor; and

a surface of an adjacent portion of the support adjacent to the circular member placed flat on the support in an unrestrained state is a configured to diffusely reflect laser light radiated by the laser sensor.

4. The inner circumferential length measurement method for a circular member according to claim 1 , wherein

the support comprises an upward projecting protrusion support portion on an upper surface; and

the circular member is placed flat in an unrestrained state on the protrusion-fie support portion.

5. The inner circumferential length measurement method for a circular member according to claim 4 , wherein

the two-dimensional sensor is a laser sensor; and

a surface of an adjacent portion of the support adjacent to the circular member placed flat on the support in an unrestrained state is a configured to diffusely reflect laser light radiated by the laser sensor.

6. The inner circumferential length measurement method for a circular member according to claim 1 , wherein

the two-dimensional sensor is a laser sensor; and

a surface of an adjacent portion of the support adjacent to the circular member placed flat on the support in an unrestrained state is configured to diffusely reflect laser light radiated by the laser sensor.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR ASSIGNEE Recorded Nov 18, 2023
From: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065626/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2018
From: MATSUMURA, KENSUKE; SUGIYAMA, YUICHI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047093/0951 →