Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrode inspection apparatus for spot welding
- Patent Title (中): 点焊用电极检查装置
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Application No.: US13500401Application Date: 2010-09-09
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Publication No.: US08953033B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Toshimasa Yamane , Yoshiaki Yamane
- Applicant: Toshimasa Yamane , Yoshiaki Yamane
- Applicant Address: JP Hiroshima
- Assignee: Keylex Corporation
- Current Assignee: Keylex Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hiroshima
- Agency: Cochran Freund & Young LLC
- Agent James R. Young
- Priority: JP2009-246347 20091027
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/066003 WO 20100909
- International Announcement: WO2011/052308 WO 20110505
- Main IPC: H04N9/47
- IPC: H04N9/47 ; H04N7/18 ; G01B11/08 ; B23K11/30

Abstract:
An electrode inspection apparatus for spot welding is provided for precisely measuring diameters of a tip of an electrode without reducing availability ratio in a production line, and is particularly useful when inspecting a weld gun having electrodes with a narrow distance therebetween.A CCD camera 91 for imaging the tip of the electrode held to the weld gun is disposed in an inspection apparatus body 6. The inspection apparatus body 6 includes a measuring reference unit 7 in which a fixing hole 72a for fixing the tip of the electrode is formed, and a mirror 8 obliquely arranged with respect to the electrode so as to be distant from the fixing hole 72a at a position opposite to the electrode with respect to the measuring reference unit 7. The CCD camera 91 is disposed in a side of the mirror 8 with a distance therebetween for imaging the tip of the electrode from a direct front thereof reflected on the mirror 8 by reflection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120200695A1 ELECTRODE INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR SPOT WELDING Public/Granted day:2012-08-09
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