US 11,835,070 B2
Sensor attachment tool and fluid pressure cylinder
Mitsuru Machijima, Matsudo (JP); Hiroyuki Asahara, Tsukuba (JP); Aki Iwamoto, Kasukabe (JP); and Shiori Iwatsuki, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to SMC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/624,127
Filed by SMC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/022552
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/002152, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-125140 (JP), filed on Jul. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0364580 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. F15B 15/28 (2006.01); F15B 15/14 (2006.01); G01D 11/30 (2006.01)
CPC F15B 15/2892 (2013.01) [F15B 15/1428 (2013.01); F15B 15/2815 (2013.01); F15B 15/1433 (2013.01); F15B 15/28 (2013.01); F15B 15/2807 (2013.01); G01D 11/30 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor attachment tool configured to attach a position sensor to a fluid pressure cylinder including a cylinder tube, and a first cylinder cover configured to cover a first end part of the cylinder tube and a second cylinder cover configured to cover a second end part of the cylinder tube, the sensor attachment tool comprising:
a holder configured to retain the position sensor in a rail structure extending in an axial direction of the cylinder tube; and
a first arm portion extending from a first end part of the holder in the axial direction,
wherein the holder comprises a plate-shaped bottom portion and a pair of side walls extending from both sides of the bottom portion,
the first arm portion is connected to the bottom portion at the first end part of the holder, the first arm portion comprising a first base portion formed in a same plane as the bottom portion and a first extended portion formed by a plate extending from the first base portion in a circumferential direction, and
the first extended portion is fixed to the first cylinder cover by being screw-fastened thereto.