Adjustable holding device for sensors
US9279437B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/32254
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An adjustable holding device for sensors includes a main body, on and opposite of which, a bearing body supporting a sensor is adjustably held by a spherical joint. The spherical joint includes a threaded stud, fastened to the main body, that protrudes through an opening in the bearing body, and to which an opening in a body having a spherical outer surface is screwed. The outer surface is held pivotably in and co-rotatably with, about an axis coaxial with the threaded stud, complementarily spherical inner surfaces of two combined half-shells. Through rotation under external force of the combined half-shells, the body having the spherical outer surface can be screwed relative to the threaded stud by displacing the half-shells and the bearing body in the threaded stud direction.
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