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Granted Patent B2
US 11,931,847 · App. 17/044,647 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Magnet chuck

Inventors: Hisashi Yajima (Tsukuba, JP); Motohiro Sato (Toride, JP); Tsuyoshi Sasaki (Tsukubamirai, JP); Koji Hara (Tsukubamirai, JP); Kouichirou Kanda (Tsukuba, JP)
Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
B23Q3/1546B25J15/0608H01F7/0257H01F7/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,931,847
App. No.
17/044,647
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnet chuck has a piston assembly including a tube shaped permanent magnet and a core yoke able to move on the interior of a cylinder tube. The permanent magnet is provided on the outer periphery of the core yoke, is magnetized in the radial direction, and a magnetic sensor is attached to the side surface of the cylinder tube.

Claims (9)

1. A magnetic chuck in which a piston assembly including a tubular permanent magnet and a core yoke is provided movably inside a cylinder tube, wherein

the permanent magnet is provided around the core yoke and is magnetized in a radial direction, and a magnetic sensor configured to detect a magnetic flux of the permanent magnet is attached to a side surface of the cylinder tube,

the magnetic chuck is configured to detect whether a workpiece is being attracted and held in accordance with whether the magnetic sensor responds in a case where the piston assembly is positioned at a movement end of the piston assembly,

a cover yoke is provided around the permanent magnet,

an outer yoke that faces an outer periphery of the piston assembly at the movement end of the piston assembly is provided at one end in an axial direction of the cylinder tube, and

a damper configured to abut on a step of the cover yoke is attached between the cylinder tube and the outer yoke.

2. The magnetic chuck according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom yoke that faces the core yoke is provided at one end in an axial direction of the cylinder tube.

3. The magnetic chuck according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom yoke fits into a recess of the core yoke at a movement end of the piston assembly.

4. The magnetic chuck according to claim 1 , wherein a latch yoke that faces the piston assembly is provided at another end in an axial direction of the cylinder tube.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2020
From: YAJIMA, HISASHI; SATO, MOTOHIRO; SASAKI, TSUYOSHI; HARA, KOJI; KANDA, KOUICHIROU
To: SMC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-073232 · Apr 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210101236A1 · Apr 8, 2021