IP Library Granted Patent US 10,018,595
Granted Patent B2
US 10,018,595 · App. 15/016,354 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Fixing device for acoustic emission test sensors for rock damage testing

Inventors: Jianfeng Liu (Chengdu, CN); Heping Xie (Chengdu, CN); Yang Ju (Chengdu, CN); Jianliang Pei (Chengdu, CN); Huining Xu (Chengdu, CN); Lu Wang (Chengdu, CN)
Assignee: SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
G01N29/14G01N29/223G01N2291/0232
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Patent No.
US 10,018,595
App. No.
15/016,354
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fixing device for acoustic emission test sensors for rock damage testing, the device including: a fixing frame; installation bases operating to accommodate the acoustic emission test sensors, respectively; fixing assemblies operating to fix the acoustic emission test sensors in the installation bases; and installation mechanisms operating to arrange the installation bases on the fixing frame. The fixing frame is an assembled loop-shaped frame and includes between two and four frame members and corresponding fixing structures; and the frame members are assembled into an integrated loop-shaped frame by the fixing structures. Each of the installation bases is a cylinder structure. The cylinder structure includes: a cavity corresponding to an outer edge of each of the acoustic emission test sensors, and a wall including a gap for leading out wires of each sensor.

Claims (41)

1. A fixing device for acoustic emission test sensors for rock damage testing, the device comprising:

a) a fixing frame;

b) installation bases, the installation bases operating to accommodate the acoustic emission test sensors, respectively;

c) fixing assemblies, the fixing assemblies operating to fix the acoustic emission test sensors in the installation bases; and

d) installation mechanisms, the installation mechanisms operating to arrange the installation bases on the fixing frame;

wherein:

the fixing frame is an assembled loop-shaped frame, and comprises between two and four frame parts and corresponding fixing structures; and the between two and four frame parts are assembled into the loop-shaped frame by the fixing structures;

each of the installation bases is a cylinder structure; and the cylinder structure comprises: a cavity corresponding to an outer edge of each of the acoustic emission test sensors, and a wall comprising a gap for leading out wires of each sensor;

the installation mechanisms are adapted to automatically and axially adjust positions of the installation bases; the installation mechanisms are four in number; the four installation mechanisms are disposed on a same section plane of the fixing frame and every two installation mechanisms are oppositely disposed; two lines connecting installation positions of the oppositely disposed installation mechanisms meet at right angles, so that two lines connecting centers of end faces of oppositely disposed sensors pass through a diameter or a section center of a test piece;

each of the installation mechanisms comprises: a sliding bar in fixed connection with each installation base; a spring which is sleeved on the sliding bar and has one end acting on each installation base and the other end acting on an inner wall of the fixing frame; and a support base fixed on an outer wall of the fixing frame;

the support base adopts a structure of a guide tube and is perpendicularly fixed on the outer wall of the fixing frame; an inner diameter of the support base matches an outer diameter of the sliding bar to form a sliding pair; and

the sliding bar travels through an installation hole on the fixing frame and is axially slidably disposed in the guide tube; and a position-limit structure is disposed on a part of the sliding bar protruding from the guide tube for limiting axial sliding of the sliding bar.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the position-limit structure for limiting the axial sliding of the sliding bar is formed by threads arranged on the sliding bar and a mating nut, or by a pin hole arranged on the sliding bar and a mating pin.

3. A fixing device for acoustic emission test sensors for rock damage testing, the device comprising:

a) a fixing frame;

b) installation bases, the installation bases operating to accommodate the acoustic emission test sensors, respectively;

c) fixing assemblies, the fixing assemblies operating to fix the acoustic emission test sensors in the installation bases; and

d) installation mechanisms, the installation mechanisms operating to arrange the installation bases on the fixing frame;

wherein:

the fixing frame is an assembled loop-shaped frame, and comprises two frame parts and corresponding fixing structures; and the two frame parts are assembled into the loop-shaped frame by the fixing structures;

each of the installation bases is a cylinder structure; and the cylinder structure comprises: a cavity corresponding to an outer edge of each of the acoustic emission test sensors, and a wall comprising a gap for leading out wires of each sensor;

the installation mechanisms are adapted to automatically and axially adjust positions of the installation bases; the installation mechanisms are four in number; the four installation mechanisms are disposed on a same section plane of the fixing frame and every two installation mechanisms are oppositely disposed; two lines connecting installation positions of the oppositely disposed installation mechanisms meet at right angles, so that two lines connecting centers of end faces of oppositely disposed sensors pass through a diameter or a section center of a test piece;

each of the fixing structure comprises: a connection structure pair formed at joint ends of the two frame parts and fixing structural components for fixing the two frame parts together;

each of the installation mechanisms comprises: a sliding bar in fixed connection with each installation base; a spring which is sleeved on the sliding bar and has one end acting on each installation base and the other end acting on an inner wall of the fixing frame; and a support base fixed on an outer wall of the fixing frame;

the support base adopts a structure of a guide tube and is perpendicularly fixed on the outer wall of the fixing frame; an inner diameter of the support base matches an outer diameter of the sliding bar to form a sliding pair; and

the sliding bar travels through an installation hole on the fixing frame and is axially slidably disposed in the guide tube; and a position-limit structure is disposed on a part of the sliding bar protruding from the guide tube for limiting axial sliding of the sliding bar.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the position-limit structure for limiting the axial sliding of the sliding bar is formed by threads arranged on the sliding bar and a mating nut, or by a pin hole arranged on the sliding bar and a mating pin.

5. A fixing device for acoustic emission test sensors for rock damage testing, the device comprising:

a) a fixing frame;

b) installation bases, the installation bases operating to accommodate the acoustic emission test sensors, respectively;

c) fixing assemblies, the fixing assemblies operating to fix the acoustic emission test sensors in the installation bases; and

d) installation mechanisms, the installation mechanisms operating to arrange the installation bases on the fixing frame;

wherein:

the fixing frame is an assembled loop-shaped frame, and comprises between two and four frame parts and corresponding fixing structures; and the between two and four frame parts are assembled into the loop-shaped frame by the fixing structures;

each of the installation bases is a cylinder structure; and the cylinder structure comprises: a cavity corresponding to an outer edge of each of the acoustic emission test sensors, and a wall comprising a gap for leading out wires of each sensor;

the installation mechanisms are adapted to automatically and axially adjust positions of the installation bases; the installation mechanisms are four in number; the four installation mechanisms are disposed on a same section plane of the fixing frame and every two installation mechanisms are oppositely disposed; two lines connecting installation positions of the oppositely disposed installation mechanisms meet at right angles, so that two lines connecting centers of end faces of oppositely disposed sensors pass through a diameter or a section center of a test piece;

each of the fixing assemblies comprises a split ring spring for binding each acoustic emission test sensor in each installation base, and a locking structure for locking the split ring spring;

each of the installation mechanisms comprises: a sliding bar in fixed connection with each installation base; a spring which is sleeved on the sliding bar and has one end acting on each installation base and the other end acting on an inner wall of the fixing frame; and a support base fixed on an outer wall of the fixing frame;

the support base adopts a structure of a guide tube and is perpendicularly fixed on the outer wall of the fixing frame; an inner diameter of the support base matches an outer diameter of the sliding bar to form a sliding pair; and

the sliding bar travels through an installation hole on the fixing frame and is axially slidably disposed in the guide tube; and a position-limit structure is disposed on a part of the sliding bar protruding from the guide tube for limiting axial sliding of the sliding bar.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the position-limit structure for limiting the axial sliding of the sliding bar is formed by threads arranged on the sliding bar and a mating nut, or by a pin hole arranged on the sliding bar and a mating pin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: LIU, JIANFENG; XIE, HEPING; JU, YANG; PEI, JIANLIANG; XU, HUINING; WANG, LU
To: SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 037671/0142 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0067706 · Feb 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160231287A1 · Aug 11, 2016