Monitoring device

US6967457B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Middex-Electronic GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Rainer Ludwig · Bitburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2005
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T408/16
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In order to produce a monitoring device for checking for a predefined position of a body or checking for the presence of a body, comprising a pivotal check element, a motor for driving the checking element and a housing for accommodating the motor, which will be universally employable especially in difficult working surroundings, it is proposed that a seal be arrangement between the checking element and the housing around a shaft by means of which the checking element is driven.