Apparatus with two anchors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10962992-B2
Application number	US-201715853850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2017
Priority date	Dec 25, 2017
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

An apparatus with two anchors including a housing, a movable element, and a rotary element is provided. The housing includes a first expansion unit, a second expansion unit, and a linkage. First alignment structures are disposed in the movable element and anti-rotation structures are disposed in the linkage. When the movable element and the rotary element enter the housing from two ends and are coupled along an axis, the movable element and the rotary element can approach each other to expand the first expansion unit and the second expansion unit to form two anchors. The apparatus with two anchors secures a sensor in a variety of environments such as walls or machines. When the apparatus with two anchors fixes a sensor in a hole of a stamping machine, the impact force does not cause stress concentration on the sensor so as to improve the reliability of the sensor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus with two anchors, comprising:
a housing, comprising:
at least one first expansion unit;
at least one second expansion unit, comprising:
at least one stopping structure; and

a linkage connected to the at least one first expansion unit and the at least one second expansion unit, comprising:
at least one anti-rotation structure;

a movable element, comprising:
a first threaded unit disposed at a side of the movable element; and
at least one first alignment structure; and

a rotary element, comprising:
a second threaded unit disposed at a side of the rotary element; and
at least one second alignment structure disposed at another side of the rotary element;

wherein when the first threaded unit and the second threaded unit enter the housing and are coupled along an axis, the at least one first alignment structure and the at least one anti-rotation structure are coupled, and the at least one second alignment structure is coupled with the at least one stopping structure.

2. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 1 , wherein the at least one anti-rotation structure prevents a rotation of the movable element and the at least one stopping structure restricts a moving distance of the rotary element.

3. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 1 , further comprising a first thread and a second thread, wherein the first thread is disposed on an inner surface of the first threaded unit and the second thread is disposed on an outer surface of the second threaded unit.

4. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first alignment structure is a first bump and the at least one anti-rotation structure is a groove, an extending direction of each of the first bump and the groove is parallel to the axis, and the groove is disposed on an inner surface of the linkage.

5. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second alignment structure is a split type ring and the at least one stopping structure is a second bump, a normal vector of a plane where the split type ring is located is parallel to the axis, and an extending direction of the second bump is perpendicular to the axis.

6. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 1 , wherein the rotary element further comprises a rotary pressing unit, and the rotary pressing unit is disposed between the at least one second alignment structure and the second threaded unit.

7. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 6 , wherein the rotary pressing unit of the rotary element is a column, the column comprises an outer bottom surface and an inner bottom surface, the outer bottom surface is connected to the at least one second alignment structure, and an area of the outer bottom surface is greater than an area of the inner bottom surface.

8. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 7 , wherein the movable element further comprises at least one space, at least two slots, and a movable pressing unit, the at least one space and the at least two slots open through the movable element, the at least two slots are disposed at two sides of the at least one space, and the at least two slots are communicated with the at least one space.

9. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 8 , wherein a slot in the at least two slots is disposed between the at least one space and the first threaded unit, and another slot in the at least two slots opens through the movable pressing unit of the movable element.

10. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 8 , wherein the movable element further comprises a sensing unit, and the sensing unit is disposed in the at least one space.

11. An apparatus with two anchors, comprising:
a housing, comprising:
at least one first expansion unit;
at least one second expansion unit, comprising:
at least one stopping structure; and

a linkage connected to the at least one first expansion unit and the at least one second expansion unit, comprising:
at least one anti-rotation structure;

a movable element, comprising:
a first threaded unit disposed at a side of the movable element;
at least one alignment structure;
at least one space;
at least two slots; and

a rotary element, comprising:
a second threaded unit disposed at a side of the rotary element; and
at least one second alignment structure disposed at another side of the rotary element;

wherein when the first threaded unit and the second threaded unit enter the housing and are coupled along an axis, the at least one first alignment structure and the at least one anti-rotation structure are coupled, and the at least one second alignment structure is coupled with the at least one stopping structure, the at least one space and the at least two slots open through the movable element, the at least two slots are disposed at two sides of the at least one space, and the at least two slots are communicated with the at least one space.

12. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 11 , wherein the at least one anti-rotation structure prevents a rotation of the movable element and the at least one stopping structure restricts a moving distance of the rotary element.

13. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 11 , wherein a slot in the at least two slots is disposed between the at least one space and the first threaded unit, and another slot in the at least two slots opens through a movable pressing unit of the movable element.

14. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 11 , wherein the movable element further comprises a sensing unit, and the sensing unit is disposed in the at least one space.

15. An apparatus with two anchors suitable for detecting a physical quantity, comprising:
a housing, comprising:
at least one first expansion unit;
at least one second expansion unit, comprising:
at least one stopping structure; and

a linkage connected to the at least one first expansion unit and the at least one second expansion unit, comprising:
at least one anti-rotation structure;

a movable element, comprising:
a first threaded unit disposed at a side of the movable element;
at least one first alignment structure;
at least one space;
at least two slots; and

a rotary element, comprising:
a second threaded unit disposed at a side of the rotary element;
at least one second alignment structure disposed at another side of the rotary element; and
a rotary pressing unit disposed between the second threaded unit and the at least one second alignment structure;

wherein when the first threaded unit and the second threaded unit enter the housing and are coupled along an axis, the at least one first alignment structure and the at least one anti-rotation structure are coupled and the at least one second alignment structure and the at least one stopping structure are coupled, the at least one space and the at least two slots open through the movable element, the at least two slots are disposed at two sides of the at least one space, and the at least two slots are communicated with the at least one space.

16. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 15 , wherein the at least one anti-rotation structure prevents a rotation of the movable element and the at least one stopping structure restricts a moving distance of the rotary element.

17. The apparatus with two anchors of claim 15 , wherein the rotary pressing unit of the rotary element is a column, the column comprises an outer bottom surface and an inner bottom surface, the outer bottom surface is connected to the at least one second alignment structure, and an area of the outer bottom surface is greater than an area of the inner

Assignees

• Ind Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Yeh Chien-Nan
• Su Chung-Yuan
• Chen Chih-Yuan
• Huang Chao-Ta
• Hsu Yu-Wen

Classifications

• B41K3/62

  Details or accessories · CPC title

• G05G5/02

  Means preventing undesired movements of a controlling member which can be moved in two or more separate steps or ways, e.g. restricting to a stepwise movement or to a particular sequence of movements (G05G5/28 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B41F33/02 Primary

  Arrangements of indicating devices, e.g. counters · CPC title

• G05D15/00 Primary

  Control of mechanical force or stress; Control of mechanical pressure · CPC title

• G01L5/00

  Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes · CPC title