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Granted Patent B2
US 12,352,639 · App. 18/063,903 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Cutting force measurement system

Inventor: Masahiro Uekita (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
G01L1/16G01L5/0061
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Patent No.
US 12,352,639
App. No.
18/063,903
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensor unit according to an embodiment includes a piezoelectric sensor having a wire shape, and a measurement part including an abutting surface formed with a guide groove that holds a part of the piezoelectric sensor and abutting a measurement object at predetermined pressure.

Claims (17)

1. A sensor unit of a machining device comprising:

a piezoelectric sensor having a wire shape;

a measurement part including an abutting surface formed with a guide groove that holds a part of the piezoelectric sensor and abutting a measurement object at predetermined pressure; and

a cushioning holding part that holds, in a buffered state, another part of the piezoelectric sensor located outside the abutting surfaces.

2. The sensor unit of the machining device according to claim 1 , wherein

the guide groove is provided in plural, and the guide grooves have the same length.

3. The sensor unit of the machining device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the guide groove is set to a width for not preventing deformation of the piezoelectric sensor in the guide groove due to pressurization.

4. The sensor unit of the machining device according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement part comprises:

an abutting part having the abutting surface; and

a pressurizing part that presses the abutting part against the measurement object at the predetermined pressure.

5. A sensor system comprising:

a plurality of sensor units wherein each sensor unit comprises:

a piezoelectric sensor having a wire shape;

a measurement part including an abutting surface formed with a guide groove that holds a part of the piezoelectric sensor and abutting a measurement object at predetermined pressure;

wherein each of the plurality of sensor units include the abutting surface disposed on a plane perpendicular to axes different from each other and intersecting each other;

a plurality of amplifiers connected to the piezoelectric sensors of the sensor units to amplify and output signals of the piezoelectric sensors; and

an analysis device that analyzes a detection state on the basis of the output signals of the plurality of amplifiers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2022
From: UEKITA, MASAHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 062044/0179 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-017888 · Feb 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230251145A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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