Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Three-dimensional whisker sensor for accurate positioning of end location
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Application No.: US16467032Application Date: 2018-05-23
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Publication No.: US11454560B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Aiguo Song , Mingxin Leng , Baoguo Xu , Huijun Li
- Applicant: Southeast University
- Applicant Address: CN Nanjing
- Assignee: Southeast University
- Current Assignee: Southeast University
- Current Assignee Address: CN Nanjing
- Agency: Bayramoglu Law Offices LLC
- Priority: CN201710638753.9 20170731
- International Application: PCT/CN2018/088075 WO 20180523
- International Announcement: WO2019/024575 WO 20190207
- Main IPC: G01L5/169
- IPC: G01L5/169 ; G01B7/00 ; G01L1/22 ; G01R33/07 ; B25J19/02 ; G01D11/24

Abstract:
A whisker sensor includes an upper circuit board, a lower circuit board, a flexible whisker, and a magnet. The magnet is fixed to the flexible whisker through a central through hole, and the location of the magnet changes with the swinging of the whisker; the upper and lower circuit boards are identical in shape and size, and are connected through an upright column. A circular hole is formed at the center of the upper circuit board, four Hall sensors are symmetrically distributed on the edge of the circular hole, and the displacement of the whisker in X and Y directions can be obtained by detecting the change in magnetic field generated by the change in location of the magnet; a contact sensor is mounted on the lower circuit board, and is connected to the whisker through a connecting piece, to detect displacement of the whisker in the Z direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190323816A1 THREE-DIMENSIONAL WHISKER SENSOR FOR ACCURATE POSITIONING OF END LOCATION Public/Granted day:2019-10-24
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