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Granted Patent B2
US 11,008,798 · App. 16/270,612 · Granted May 18, 2021

Safety door switch

Inventors: Hiroshi Kashima (Osaka, JP); Lye Tatt Cheah (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
E05F15/632G06K7/10099H01H3/161H02J50/80
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Patent No.
US 11,008,798
App. No.
16/270,612
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

To improve toughness of a non-contact type safety door switch. A safety switch includes a metallic casing integrated as a first part of an enclosure, having an opening in a front side, a cover integrated as a front part of the enclosure, covering the opening, the cover having a surface as a front surface of the enclosure, a wireless means, a determination means, an output means, circuit substrates provided inside the metallic casing and the cover, on which the wireless means, the determination means and the output means are mounted, and attachment holes on a side surface of the metallic casing, the side surface being adjacent to the front surface of the enclosure for attaching the casing.

Claims (36)

1. A safety door switch comprising:

a metallic casing integrated as a first part of an enclosure, having an opening in a front side;

a cover integrated as a front part of the enclosure, covering the opening, the cover having a surface as a front surface of the enclosure;

a wireless means disposed in the enclosure, for wirelessly supplying electric power to a wireless tag and receiving a signal including identification information from the wireless tag through the cover;

a determination means disposed in the enclosure, for determining whether a predetermined wireless tag exists in a reference range or not in accordance with identification information included in the signal received from the wireless tag by the wireless means and an intensity of the signal received from the wireless tag;

an output means disposed in the enclosure, for outputting a safety signal based on a determination result of the determination means;

one or more circuit substrates provided inside the metallic casing and the cover, on which the wireless means, the determination means and the output means are mounted; and

attachment holes formed on a side surface of the metallic casing, the side surface being adjacent to the front surface of the enclosure for attaching the casing.

2. The safety door switch according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a filling resin filled inside the casing.

3. The safety door switch according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a filling hole provided in the casing and used for filling the inside of the casing with the filling resin.

4. The safety door switch according to claim 3 ,

wherein the filling hole is provided on an outer surface of the metallic casing, the outer surface not being adjacent to the front surface of the enclosure.

5. The safety door switch according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a notch formed on the side surface of the metallic casing and continuously formed with the opening,

wherein the cover covers both the opening and the notch.

6. The safety door switch according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first display lamp disposed over the front surface and at least one side surface adjacent to the front surface and being turned on/off in conjunction with the safety signal.

7. The safety door switch according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a second display lamp disposed over the front surface and at least one side surface adjacent to the front surface and being turned on/off according to whether the output means normally operates or not.

8. The safety door switch according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a generation circuit generating a safety signal based on an input signal inputted from the outside and a determination result of the determination means; and

a third display lamp disposed over the front surface and at least one side surface adjacent to the front surface and being turned on/off in accordance with a state of the input signal.

9. The safety door switch according to claim 8 ,

wherein the cover includes

a first display hole in which the first display lamp is provided,

a second display hole in which the second display lamp is provided, and

a third display hole in which the third display lamp is provided.

10. The safety door switch according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first display hole is provided so as to sandwich the opening with respect to the second display hole and the third display hole.

11. The safety door switch according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cross-sectional shape of the attachment holes of which sections are planes parallel to the second outer surfaces is a rounded rectangular shape.

12. The safety door switch according to claim 1 ,

wherein an outer surface of the metallic casing on the opposite side of the front surface of the enclosure has a slope area not parallel to the front surface, and

the slope area has a hole area into which a cable outputting the safety signal is inserted.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE FIRST ASSIGNOR'S EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 048272 FRAME 0386. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 11, 2019
From: CHEAH, LYE TATT; KASHIMA, HIROSHI
To: KEYENCE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049377/0144 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2019
From: KASHIMA, HIROSHI; CHEAH, LYE TATT
To: KEYENCE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048272/0386 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-077635 · Apr 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190316405A1 · Oct 17, 2019
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