Object gripping device using electromagnetic assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9222287-B2
Application number	US-201313872788-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 29, 2013
Priority date	Aug 21, 2012
Publication date	Dec 29, 2015
Grant date	Dec 29, 2015

Abstract

An object gripping device using a electromagnetic assembly includes a base having two opposite ends thereof, a fastening portion pivoted at one end of the base and having an object-gripping trench and a through opening having a stopping surface therein at two opposite ends of the fastening portion, a transmission portion pivoted at the other end of the base, a stopping shaft extending through both the transmission portion and the through opening, a first spring connected both the base and the fastening portion, a second spring connected both the base and the transmission portion, and a electromagnetic assembly connected the base and the transmission portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An object gripping device, comprising:
a base;
a fastening portion pivoted at one end of the base, wherein an object-gripping trench is formed at one end of the fastening portion, and a through opening with a stopping surface is formed at another end of the fastening portion;
a first spring connected the base and the fastening portion for driving the fastening portion to rotate in a first rotation direction;
a transmission portion pivoted at another end of the base;
a stopping shaft passing through the transmission portion and the through opening;
a second spring connected to the base and the transmission portion for driving the transmission portion to rotate in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction; and
an electromagnetic assembly, comprising:
an outer case fixed on the other end of the base;
a displacement piece linearly and movably disposed on the outer case, and connected to the transmission portion; and
an electromagnet disposed in the outer case,

wherein the displacement piece is magnetically attracted to the electromagnet by a magnetic force thereof so as to stop the transmission portion from rotating in the second rotation direction under the influence of the second spring, the stopping of the rotation of the transmission portion in the second rotation direction causes the stopping shaft to contacts the stopping surface of the through opening, thereby stopping the fastening portion from rotating in the first rotation direction under the influence of the first spring and allowing an object to be fixedly gripped in the object-gripping trench; and
wherein according to a trigger signal, the electromagnet reduces the magnetic force attracting the displacement piece thereto, causing the transmission portion to be allowed to rotate in the second rotation direction under the influence of the second spring, thereby causing the stopping shaft to be detached from the stopping surface of the through opening, and allowing the fastening portion to rotate in the first direction under the influence of the first spring to release the object from the object-gripping trench.

2. The object gripping device according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening portion further comprises:
a protruding portion disposed on a top edge of the object-gripping trench, for being inserted into a recess of the object, thereby fixedly gripping the object in the object-gripping trench.

3. The object gripping device according to claim 1 , wherein the stopping surface is located on one of a plurality of inner surfaces of the through opening.

4. The object gripping device according to claim 3 , wherein the through opening further comprises:
a receiving area defined in the through opening and located closer to the object-gripping trench than the stopping surface,
wherein the stopping shaft is located in the receiving area when the stopping shaft is detached from the stopping surface so as to allow the fastening portion to rotate.

5. The object gripping device according to claim 4 , wherein the through opening further comprises:
an inclined surface located at another one of the plurality of inner surfaces of the through opening, wherein the inclined surface is located opposite to the stopping surface and away from the receiving area,
wherein the fastening portion rotates in the second rotation direction to deform the first spring as the object is introduced into the object-gripping trench, causing the inclined surface to lift the stopping shaft so as to rotate the transmission portion in the first rotation direction, thereby allowing the displacement piece to be magnetically attracted to the electromagnet.

6. The object gripping device according to claim 1 , wherein a connection plate is disposed on the other end the fastening portion, wherein the through opening is formed in the connection plate; and
two lugs are disposed on an end of the transmission portion through which the stopping shaft passes, and a gap is defined between the two lugs;
wherein the connection plate is disposed between the two lugs such that the through opening is located in the gap.

7. The object gripping device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiver for receiving an external sensing signal;
a signal conversion circuit electrically connected to the receiver and the electromagnet for converting the sensing signal into the trigger signal.

8. The object gripping device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one conductive contact disposed in the object-gripping trench; and
a charging circuit electrically connected to the at least one conductive contact for charging the object fixedly gripped in the object-gripping trench via the conductive contact.

9. The object gripping device according to claim 1 , wherein the first spring is a torsion spring or an extension spring.

10. The object gripping device according to claim 1 , wherein the second spring is a torsion spring or an extension spring.

Assignees

• Quanta Comp Inc

Inventors

• Huang Lin-Wei
• Chen Sheng-Feng
• Chang Jung-Wen

Classifications

• E05B47/0603

  the detent moving rectilinearly · CPC title

• E05B73/0082 Primary

  for office machines, e.g. PC's, portable computers, typewriters, calculators · CPC title

• E05B47/0004

  said core being linearly movable · CPC title

• Y10T70/5009

  For portable articles · CPC title