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Granted Patent B2
US 12,734,625 · App. 18/398,176 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Self-powered sensing tool holder

Inventors: Hao-Ching Yang (Tainan City, TW); Hsuan Yi Lu (Kaohsiung City, TW)
Assignee: NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
B23Q3/15526B23Q17/2225
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Patent No.
US 12,734,625
App. No.
18/398,176
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A self-powered sensing tool holder suitable for processing process is provided. The self-powered sensing tool holder includes a tool holder unit, a sensing unit, an electric power generation module, and a shell. The tool holder unit includes a base and a body disposed over the base. The sensing unit is disposed over the body and configured to detect data of the tool holder unit. The electric power generation module is disposed over the body and configured to provide the power for the tool holder unit. The shell covers the body and the sensing unit.

Claims (29)

1 . A self-powered sensing tool holder suitable for processing process, comprising:

a tool holder unit, comprising:

a base; and

a body disposed over the base;

a sensing unit disposed over the body, wherein the sensing unit is configured to detect a data of the tool holder unit;

an electric power generation module disposed over the body, wherein the electric power generation module is configured to provide a power for the tool holder unit, and the electric power generation module comprises:

a coil, wherein a center line of the coil is interlaced with an axis of the body;

a capacitance module, electrically connected to the coil; and

a magnet assembly adjacent to the coil, comprising:

a magnet array, wherein the magnet array comprises a first magnet and a second magnet having opposite magnetic polarities:

a first upper magnetic ring; and

a first lower magnetic ring, wherein the magnet array is disposed between the first upper magnetic ring and the first lower magnetic ring; and

a shell covering the body and the sensing unit.

2 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 1 , wherein the coil is off-axis disposed at the electric power generation module.

3 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 1 , wherein the magnet assembly and the tool holder unit is spaced apart from each other by a space between the shell and the magnet array.

4 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 1 , wherein the electrical power generation module further comprises a second upper magnetic ring and a second lower magnetic ring at an upper side and a lower side of the coil, and the second upper magnetic ring, the second lower magnetic ring, the first upper magnetic ring and the first lower magnetic ring have a same magnetic polarity.

5 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 1 , further comprising:

a flexible circuit board disposed in a space between the shell and the body.

6 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 5 , further comprising:

a transmitting unit disposed at the flexible circuit board and configured to transmit the data.

7 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a flow channel having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet communicates with a passage of the base, and the flow channel is a spiral structure.

8 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 7 , wherein the body further comprises an air cavity between the flow channel and the sensing unit.

9 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 1 , wherein the electric power generation module further comprises a support adjacent to the magnet assembly and comprising a spring configured to adjust a space between the magnet assembly and the tool holder unit.

10 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 1 , wherein the body is a powder bed fusion member.

11 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 1 , wherein the tool holder unit further comprises:

a fixing unit disposed over the body and configured to fix a tool.

12 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a flow channel having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet communicates with a passage of the base, and the inlet and the outlet of the flow channel are both located on the axis of the body.

13 . The self-powered sensing tool holder of claim 1 , further comprising:

a flexible circuit board disposed in a space between the shell and the body, and a transmitting unit disposed at the flexible circuit board and configured to transmit the data, wherein the shell comprises a window corresponding to the transmitting unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2023
From: YANG, HAO-CHING; LU, HSUAN YI
To: NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 065976/0610 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 112149835 · Dec 20, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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