Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage signal adaptor for machine press communication
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Application No.: US15208150Application Date: 2016-07-12
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Publication No.: US11020926B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Dale A. Lewis , Edward F. Flaga , Ralph H. Gibbs
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KY Erlanger
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Erlanger
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: B30B15/00
- IPC: B30B15/00 ; B21D43/02 ; B30B15/26 ; H02M7/00 ; B30B15/14 ; H02M7/04 ; B21D37/00

Abstract:
A voltage signal adaptor includes a housing, a die cable extending outward from the housing and terminating at a die cable end engageable with a manufacturing die comprising one or more die sensors, and a cable receptacle communicatively coupled to the die cable. The cable receptacle is engageable with a bolster cable of a machine press communicatively coupled to a press line programmable logic controller. The voltage signal adaptor further includes a step down power supply positioned between and communicatively coupled to the cable receptacle and the die cable and one or more signal conversion switches positioned between and communicatively coupled to the cable receptacle and the die cable.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180015681A1 VOLTAGE SIGNAL ADAPTOR FOR MACHINE PRESS COMMUNICATION Public/Granted day:2018-01-18
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