IP Library Granted Patent US 11,112,299
Granted Patent B2
US 11,112,299 · App. 16/275,321 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Small photoelectric sensor

Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizusaki (Kyoto, JP); Tomohiro Tsuji (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: OMRON Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,112,299
App. No.
16/275,321
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a small photoelectric sensor that can secure a capacity for accommodating optical components and secure sealing properties. The small photoelectric sensor includes a holder in which an opening, an edge that defines the opening, and four fixing parts that are independently provided at four corners of a front surface are formed on the front surface; a cover lens that is provided at a position interposed between the four fixing parts, and is connected to the edge in a region overlapping the edge; and an optical component that is held by the holder and projects or receives light through the opening.

Claims (23)

1. A small photoelectric sensor comprising:

a holder in which an opening, an edge that defines the opening, and four fixing parts that are independently provided at four corners of a front surface of the holder are formed on the front surface, wherein the edge is provided on an outer circumference of the front surface;

a cover lens that is provided at a position interposed between the four fixing parts, and is connected to the edge at a region where the cover lens overlaps with the edge; and

an optical component that is held by the holder and projects or receives light through the opening.

2. The small photoelectric sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the four fixing parts are provided outside a region in which the cover lens and the edge overlap, and

wherein four corners of the cover lens are fixed with the four fixing parts.

3. The small photoelectric sensor according to claim 2 ,

wherein the front surface of the holder has a substantially rectangular shape, and

wherein the cover lens has a substantially octagonal shape in which four corners in contact with the four fixing parts are chamfered.

4. The small photoelectric sensor according to claim 3 ,

wherein the holder is made of a resin.

5. The small photoelectric sensor according to claim 2 ,

wherein the holder is made of a resin.

6. The small photoelectric sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the front surface of the holder has a substantially rectangular shape, and

wherein the cover lens has a substantially octagonal shape in which four corners in contact with the four fixing parts are chamfered.

7. The small photoelectric sensor according to claim 6 ,

wherein the holder is made of a resin.

8. The small photoelectric sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the holder is made of a resin.

9. The small photoelectric sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the four fixing parts are provided as ribs protruding forward of the front surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2019
From: MIZUSAKI, HIROYUKI; TSUJI, TOMOHIRO
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048340/0605 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-047510 · Mar 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190285463A1 · Sep 19, 2019