Thickness detector device and method, detector system and slot device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11346646-B2
Application number	US-201916613105-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2019
Priority date	May 11, 2018
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

A thickness detector device and method, a detector system and a slot device are provided, and the thickness detector device includes: a base, which has a side wall provided with a through slot that penetrates through the base; a slot component at the base and has n slots, n being an integer greater than 1, and a width of each slot being less than a width of the through slot; a driver component which is provided on the base, is in a fixed connection with the slot component, and is configured to change the slot that is in the slot component and is in communication with the through slot by driving the slot component to move.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thickness detector device, comprising:
a base, wherein a side wall of the base is provided with a through slot, and the through slot penetrates through the base;
a slot component, wherein the slot component is provided on the base, the slot component has n slots, n is an integer greater than 1, and a width of each of the slots is smaller than a width of the through slot; and
a driver component, wherein the driver component is provided on the base, the driver component is in a fixed connection with the slot component, and the driver component is configured to change the slot in communication with the through slot by driving the slot component to move.

2. The thickness detector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the base comprises a first mounting face provided with the slot component, and the side wall is a face, which comprises an edge of the first mounting face, of the base;
the base further comprises a face opposite to the first mounting face, the through slot penetrates through the first mounting face and the face opposite to the first mounting face, and the through slot has an opening at the side wall.

3. The thickness detector device according to claim 2 , wherein the through slot penetrates through the base in a thickness direction of the base.

4. The thickness detector device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a counter, configured to count a number of times of thickness detection performed by the slot in communication with the through slot;
wherein the driver component is electrically connected with the counter, and the driver component is configured to: change the slot in communication with the through slot by driving the slot component to move in a situation where the number of times of thickness detection counted by the counter reaches a preset number.

5. The thickness detector device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an alarm component, wherein the alarm component is electrically connected with the driver component and the counter, and the alarm component is configured to: issue an alarm signal for indicating that the number of times of thickness detection performed by each of the slots in the slot component reaches the preset number, in a situation where the counter counts out that the number of times of thickness detection reaches the preset number after the driver component drives the slot component to move for n-1 times.

6. The thickness detector device according to claim 1 , wherein the driver component is further configured to: change the slot in communication with the through slot by driving the slot component to move according to a design thickness of a component to be detected.

7. The thickness detector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the slot component comprises a wheel structure;
the n slots are evenly distributed at an edge of the wheel structure; and
the driver component is configured to drive the slot component to rotate.

8. The thickness detector device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a position limiter component, wherein the position limiter component is provided in the base;
an end of the position limiter component abuts against one slot of the n slots and is configured to limit movement of the slot component in a situation where the driver component is not in operation; and
the slot against which the position limiter component abuts is different from the slot in communication with the through slot.

9. The thickness detector device according to claim 8 , wherein
the position limiter component comprises a limiting rod and a compression spring; the limiting rod passes through the compression spring; an end of the limiting rod has a sloping surface structure; the sloping surface structure abuts against one slot of the n slots; the sloping surface structure is configured to enable the limiting rod to move in a direction away from the slot component in a situation where the slot component rotates; and the compression spring is configured to drive the limiting rod to abut in another slot adjacent to the one slot in a situation where the slot component stops rotating.

10. The thickness detector device according to claim 9 , wherein an end that is comprised by the compression spring and is close to the slot component is in a fixed connection with the limiting rod.

11. The thickness detector device according to claim 9 , wherein two ends of the compression spring are respectively in a snap connection with two sides of the limiting rod.

12. The thickness detector device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a position limiter component, wherein the position limiter component is provided in the base; an end of the position limiter component abuts against one slot of the n slots and is configured to limit movement of the slot component in a situation where the driver component is not in operation; and the slot against which the position limiter component abuts is different from the slot in communication with the through slot.

13. The thickness detector device according to claim 12 , wherein
the position limiter component comprises a limiting rod and a compression spring; the limiting rod passes through the compression spring; an end that is comprised by the compression spring and is close to the slot component is in a fixed connection with the limiting rod; an end of the limiting rod has a sloping surface structure, and the sloping surface structure abuts against one slot of the n slots.

14. The thickness detector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the driver component comprises a gear set and a drive motor, the drive motor is configured to drive the gear set to rotate, and the gear set is in a fixed connection with the slot component.

15. The thickness detector device according to claim 14 , wherein
each of the gear set and the slot component has a positioning groove, and the gear set and the slot component are in a fixed connection by a positioning key.

16. The thickness detector device according to claim 1 , wherein the base has a first groove for mounting the slot component.

17. The thickness detector device according to claim 16 , wherein the driver component is on a face, which is comprised by the base and faces away from the first groove;
the thickness detector device further comprises a case, and the case is configured to cover the base, such that the driver component is in the case.

18. A detector system, comprising:
a carrier base, configured to carry a component to be detected, and
a thickness detector device, which is the thickness detector device according to claim 1 and is configured to detect a thickness of the component to be detected.

19. A thickness detecting method by employing a thickness detector device, wherein
the thickness detector device comprises a base, a slot component and a driver component; a side wall of the base is provided with a through slot, and the through slot penetrates through the base; the slot component is provided on the base, the slot component has n slots, n is an integer greater than 1, and a width of each of the slots is smaller than a width of the through slot; the driver component is provided on the base, the driver component is in a fixed connection with the slot component, and the driver component is configured to change the slot in communication with the through slot by driving the slot component to move;
the method comprises:
selecting the slot of the slot component according to a design thickness of a component to be detected;
communicating the slot selected with

Assignees

• Chongqing Boe Display Lighting Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liang Rongdong
• Liu Guoxin
• Yang Yong
• Zhao Shijun
• Zhao Ping

Classifications

• G01B5/06 Primary

  for measuring thickness · CPC title

• G02F1/13

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• G08B21/182

  Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold · CPC title