US 12,436,007 B2
Removable coupling systems for rotating sensors
Alexander Zuleta, Creedmoor, NC (US); and Pete Tola, Jr., Creedmoor, NC (US)
Assigned to Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US)
Filed by Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/329,498.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/369,302, filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0027239 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G01D 5/00 (2006.01); G01D 11/30 (2006.01); B65H 75/48 (2006.01)
CPC G01D 11/30 (2013.01) [G01D 5/00 (2013.01); B65H 75/48 (2013.01); B65H 2402/60 (2013.01); B65H 2553/51 (2013.01); B65H 2701/35 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor coupling system comprising:
a spring-loaded reel comprising a reel shaft, the reel shaft having a lumen comprising a predefined geometry; and
a sensor comprising:
a sensor body configured to be removably coupled to a fixed surface; and
a sensor shaft rotatably coupled to the sensor body, the sensor shaft configured to be slidably received by the lumen of the reel shaft, the sensor shaft comprising a geometry corresponding to the predefined geometry of the lumen of the reel shaft such that, when disposed within the lumen of the reel shaft, the sensor shaft cannot rotate relative to the reel shaft,
wherein the sensor is configured to measure an amount of rotation of the sensor shaft relative to the sensor body responsive to rotation of the spring-loaded reel via the reel shaft.