US 12,004,298 B2
Sensor device and methods of making and using the same
Kotaro Matsumoto, Tokyo (JP); Hiroyuki Matsuda, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroshi Aoki, Hiroshima (JP); Masaru Terada, Cary, NC (US); Ovel Emerson, Dunn, NC (US); and Paul A. Lowe, Hillsborough, NC (US)
Assigned to Shinkawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Shinkawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,817.
Application 17/392,817 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IB2020/000935, filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,234, filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,192, filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368625 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/181 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0073 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09827 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10037 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10098 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10159 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10583 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machinery condition monitoring device comprising:
an enclosure assembly comprising:
a cap;
a base mechanically coupled with the cap; and
a support bracket mechanically coupled with the base;
and
a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly comprising:
a first rigid section electrically coupled to a second rigid section using a first flexible PCB interconnect;
a third rigid section electrically coupled with the second rigid section using a second flexible PCB interconnect, wherein the second rigid section comprises a battery clamp configured to secure a cylindrical shaped battery using a curved surface of the cylindrical shaped battery;
a processor;
a memory electrically coupled with the processor;
a first sensor electrically coupled with the processor;
a second sensor electrically coupled with the processor; and
a communication interface electrically coupled with the processor; wherein:
the first sensor is a wake-up sensor;
a height of the cylindrical shaped battery is greater than a diameter of the cylindrical shaped battery;
the first rigid section is positioned in a PCB arrangement to be perpendicular to the second rigid section and mechanically coupled with the support bracket using a first plurality of fastening devices,
the third rigid section is positioned in the PCB arrangement to be perpendicular to the second rigid section and mechanically coupled with the support bracket using a second plurality of fastening devices;
the first rigid section is positioned in the PCB arrangement to be parallel to the third rigid section; and
the support bracket and battery clamp are configured for allowing a replacement of the cylindrical shaped battery while maintaining the PCB arrangement.