US 12,258,238 B2
Optical fiber winding machine with full-time tension control function
Ching-Lu Hsieh, New Taipei (TW); Shih-Ju Fan, New Taipel (TW); and Hung-Pin Chung, Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed by AEGIVERSE Co., Ltd., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,420.
Prior Publication US 2024/0109748 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B65H 59/00 (2006.01); B65H 59/18 (2006.01); B65H 59/38 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 59/18 (2013.01) [B65H 59/385 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4193 (2013.01); B65H 2511/21 (2013.01); B65H 2701/32 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical fiber winding machine with full-time tension control function, comprising:
a first wire storage ring, wherein a first optical fiber segment of an optical fiber is wound on the first wire storage ring;
a first tension sensing module disposed corresponding to the first wire storage ring, and used for detecting a first tension of the first optical fiber segment;
a first revolution plate;
a first rotary servo motor connected to the first revolution plate and comprising a first output shaft, wherein the first rotary servo motor is used for driving the first revolution plate to rotate in a first rotational direction;
a first moving assembly connected to the first revolution plate and is operative to move the first wire storage ring;
a set of first docking elements disposed on the first revolution plate;
a set of first electrical connection modules disposed corresponding to the set of first docking elements and the first output shaft;
a second wire storage ring disposed opposite to the first wire storage ring, wherein a second optical fiber segment of the optical fiber is wound on the second wire storage ring, and the first optical fiber segment and the second optical fiber segment are connected to each other;
a second tension sensing module corresponding to the second wire storage ring, and is used for detecting a second tension of the second optical fiber segment;
a second revolution plate disposed corresponding to the first revolution plate;
a second rotary servo motor connected to the second revolution plate and comprising a second output shaft, wherein the first output shaft and the second output shaft are coaxial, and the second rotary servo motor is used for driving the second revolution plate to rotate in the first rotational direction;
a second moving assembly connected to the second revolution plate and is operative to move the second wire storage ring;
a set of second docking elements disposed on the second revolution plate and corresponding to the set of first docking elements;
a set of second electrical connection modules disposed corresponding to the set of second docking elements and the second output shaft;
a rotating shaft connected to the first output shaft and driven by the first rotary servo motor to rotate in the first rotation direction;
an optical fiber winding ring sleeved on the rotating shaft and being operative to rotate in the first rotational direction, wherein the first optical fiber segment and the second optical fiber segment are wound on the optical fiber winding ring, and the optical fiber winding ring and the optical fiber wound on the optical fiber winding ring form an optical fiber ring; and
a control module electrically connected to the first rotary servo motor, the second rotary servo motor, the first moving assembly, the second moving assembly, the set of first electrical connection modules, and the set of second electrical connection modules and generating a first driving signal, a second driving signal, a first sensing signal, and a second sensing signal for controlling the first rotary servo motor and the second rotary servo motor rotating in the first rotational direction, and controlling the first tension sensing module and the second tension sensing module sensing the first tension and the second tension, respectively;
wherein when the first wire storage ring connects to the set of first docking elements and leaves the first moving assembly, the second wire storage ring is positioned at the second moving assembly, the first tension sensing module receives the first sensing signal through the first electrical connection modules, and the second tension sensing module is electrically connected to the control module to receive the second sensing signal;
when the second wire storage ring connects to the set of second docking elements and leaves the second moving assembly, the first wire storage ring is positioned at the first moving assembly, the second tension sensing module receives the second sensing signal by the second electrical connection module, the first tension sensing module is electrically connected to the control module to receive the first sensing signal, so the first tension sensing module and the second tension sensing module detect the first tension and the second tension full-time when the first revolution plate and the second revolution plate are rotating.