Data logger for measurement device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9752923-B2
Application number	US-201114353586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2011
Priority date	Nov 4, 2011
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

For easy centralized management of measurement data and installation environmental data and user's real-time recognition through a certain type of peripheral equipment of how the installation environment affects the measured values at the site of measurement, a data logger for a measurement device includes in its structure any of the sensors for temperature, humidity, air pressure, and acceleration as an environmental sensor that detects a physical quality of an environment where the measurement device is installed, a data recording unit that records installation environmental data detected by the environmental sensor and measurement data detected by the measurement device on the basis of time, and a data processing unit that displays the installation environmental data and measurement data in whole or selectively, as numerical values or graphs of changes over time, with the time axes aligned, and includes one or more external equipment terminal connectors that exchange signals with external equipment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A data logger to be used for a measurement device that measures a mass of an object, comprising:
a data logger main body including a main body case;
a temperature sensor;
a humidity sensor; and
an air pressure sensor and an acceleration sensor, the sensors serving as an environmental sensor that detects a physical quality of an environment where the measurement device is installed, wherein
the humidity sensor and the temperature sensor are configured as a temperature/humidity sensor unit that includes a sensor case formed in a rectangular-parallelepiped shape and attachable to and detachable from the data logger main body that incorporates the air pressure sensor and the acceleration sensor, a data memory, and a CPU, and the temperature/humidity sensor unit includes a temperature/humidity data output terminal to transmit data to the data logger main body,
the data logger main body case comprises a temperature/humidity terminal connector connectable with the temperature/humidity data output terminal; and a temperature/humidity sensor unit housing recess portion that is substantially complementary in shape to the sensor case of the temperature/humidity sensor unit so as to receive and store the sensor case,
wherein the temperature/humidity sensor unit is integrated in external appearance with the data logger main body by connecting the temperature/humidity data output terminal to the temperature/humidity terminal connector.

2. The data logger for a measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor case of the temperature/humidity sensor unit is formed with an upper case and a lower case, the upper case and the lower case are closely fitted with an O-ring interposed between the lower case and the upper case,
an electronic substrate mounted with the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor is horizontally arranged inside the lower case,
at least one filter made of a dustproof and waterproof but vapor-permeable material is disposed over the humidity sensor,
a filter-use window portion is formed on at least either one of the upper case or the lower case,
the filter is exposed to external ambient air via the filter-use window portion,
so that the sensor case of the temperature/humidity sensor unit seals the temperature/humidity sensor from dust and liquid water but not water vapor.

3. The data logger for a measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the data memory records installation environmental data detected by the sensors and measurement data detected by the measurement device on the basis of time; and
the CPU displays the recorded installation environmental data and measurement data in whole or selectively, as numerical values or graphs of changes over time, with time axes aligned, and
the data logger comprises one or more external equipment terminal connectors that exchange signals with the measurement device, and a watertight cap to seal its a connector part of the external equipment terminal connectors is attached at the external equipment terminal connector.

Assignees

• Izumo Naoto
• Kagawa Takaaki
• Ota Akiyoshi
• A&D Co Ltd

Inventors

• Izumo Naoto
• Kagawa Takaaki
• Ota Akiyoshi

Classifications

• G01G23/37

  involving digital counting · CPC title

• G01G23/00 Primary

  Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus · CPC title

• G01D9/00

  Recording measured values · CPC title

• G01G23/42 Primary

  electrically operated · CPC title

• G01G23/48

  Temperature-compensating arrangements (G01G1/14, G01G1/42, G01G3/18 take precedence) · CPC title