US 12,109,661 B2
Tool holder having at least one sensor
Matthias Kirn, Durbach (DE); Sascha Tschiggfrei, Ohlsbach (DE); Hanjo Mauch, Lahr-Sulz (DE); and Karlheinz Jansen, Schutterwald (DE)
Assigned to WTO Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Ohlsbach (DE)
Appl. No. 17/771,599
Filed by WTO Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Ohlsbach (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/077518
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/089252, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 130 162.9 (DE), filed on Nov. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410331 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B23Q 17/09 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 17/0952 (2013.01) [B23Q 2717/006 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool holder comprising:
a receptacle for a tool;
a data module;
a power supply, wherein
the data module has at least one sensor configured and/or programmed to capture operating and/or status data, and a transmitter configured and/or programmed to transmit the operating and/or status data to a receiver; and
a switching unit is capable of electrically connecting or disconnecting the data module to or from the power supply, wherein
the switching unit is designed in such a manner that the switching unit is actuated without contact,
the switching unit is a reed switch, and
the reed switch is designed to be actuated by a magnet located outside of the tool holder.