IP Library Granted Patent US 11,156,452
Granted Patent B2
US 11,156,452 · App. 16/634,552 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Shape measuring device for hose connector fitting

Inventors: Takayuki Saito (Hiratsuka, JP); Akira Onodera (Hiratsuka, JP)
G01B11/24
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Patent No.
US 11,156,452
App. No.
16/634,552
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting. Two-dimensional shape detection units detect radial position data of a surface of a socket in radial direction with respect to an axial center of a hose connector fitting along a direction parallel with the axial center of the hose connector fitting completely across a circumference of the socket. The measurement data relates to the surface of the socket, including outer diameters, crimping positions, crimping claw remaining widths, roundness, and cylindricity of the socket.

Claims (19)

1. A shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting comprising a nipple and a socket, an outer circumferential surface of the socket being crimped inward in a radial direction within a crimping range along an axial direction of the socket under a state in which a hose is inserted into an annular space between an outer circumferential portion of the nipple and an inner circumferential portion of the socket, the shape measuring device comprising:

a fitting support portion that supports the nipple;

a hose support portion that supports the hose;

a two-dimensional shape detector configured to detect radial position data of a surface of the socket in a radial direction with respect to an axial center of the hose connector fitting along a direction parallel to the axial center of the hose connector fitting, the two-dimensional shape detector comprising a light source and a light receptor; and

a rotary movement portion that moves the two-dimensional shape detector rotationally about the axial center of the hose connector fitting as a center to cause the two-dimensional shape detector to detect the radial position data completely across a circumference of the socket.

2. The shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting according to claim 1 , further comprising a computer configured to:

generate shape data indicating a three-dimensional shape of a surface of the socket, based on the radial position data detected by the two-dimensional shape detector completely across the circumference of the socket; and

generate measurement data relating to the surface of the socket from the shape data.

3. The shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting according to claim 2 , wherein the computer is further configured to perform acceptance determination, based on the measurement data.

4. The shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting according to claim 1 , wherein

the light source is configured to irradiate a surface of the hose connector fitting with band-like shape detection light having a width direction parallel with the axial center of the hose connector fitting; and

the light receptor is configured to receive reflection light reflected on the surface and detects position data of the reflection light being received.

5. The shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the two-dimensional shape detectors are arranged at an equal interval about the axial center of the hose connector fitting.

6. The shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting support portion is supported by 3-axis table and the hose support portion is supported by 3-axis table.

7. The shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting according to claim 3 , wherein

the light source is configured to irradiate a surface of the hose connector fitting with band-like shape detection light having a width direction parallel with the axial center of the hose connector fitting; and

the light receptor is configured to receive reflection light reflected on the surface and detects position data of the reflection light being received.

8. The shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of the two-dimensional shape detectors are arranged at an equal interval about the axial center of the hose connector fitting.

9. The shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting according to claim 8 , wherein the fitting support portion is supported by 3-axis table and the hose support portion is supported by 3-axis table.

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 Jan 27, 2020
From: SAITO, TAKAYUKI; ONODERA, AKIRA
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051635/0816 →