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Detection module and positioning, holding or gripping device for a piece of automobile body work

US6403951B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 1999
Grant dateJun 11, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V8/20
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for positioning, holding or gripping pieces of automobile body work, includes a body having a slot permitting the passage of a target or a flag to be detected. The body is provided with a detection module having at least two optical transmission detectors to detect the position of a target or flag and the slot has a width less than the width of transmission of the optical detector.

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