Fastening system for fastening an optoelectronic measuring device, in particular a light grid, in an operating position

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  "publication_number": "US11460342B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Fastening system for fastening an optoelectronic measuring device, in particular a light grid, in an operating position",
  "abstract": "To enable a simple mounting and alignment of an optoelectronic measuring device in its operating position, a fastening system is provided for fastening the optoelectronic measuring device. The fastening system includes a fastening section provided at a surface of a housing of the measuring device. An adjustment adapter has a first element for connection to the fastening section and is provided for the alignment of the measuring device in the operating position. The fastening section rises from the surface of the housing and forms a platform having a groove and a latch cutout at at least one side located perpendicular to the surface of the housing. The first element of the adjustment adapter has a tongue element formed with shape matching the groove and a latching protrusion formed with shape matching the latch cutout. The fastening section and the adjustment adapter are latchinigly connectable to one another without tools.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A fastening system for fastening an optoelectronic measuring device in an operating position, the fastening system comprising a fastening section that is provided at a surface of a housing of the optoelectronic measuring device; and an adjustment adapter that has a first element for connection to the fastening section and that is provided for the alignment of the optoelectronic measuring device in the operating position, wherein the fastening section rises from the surface of the housing and forms a platform that has a groove and a latching cutout at at least one side located perpendicular to the surface of the housing; and wherein the first element of the adjustment adapter has a tongue element configured with shape matching to the groove and a latching protrusion configured with shape matching to the latching cutout, whereby the fastening section and the adjustment adapter are guided in an exact manner and firmly latching so as to connect to one another without tools.",
    "2. The fastening system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the optoelectronic measuring device is a light grid.",
    "3. The fastening system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fastening section is provided at an end cap.",
    "4. The fastening system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fastening section is provided at a rear wall of the housing.",
    "5. The fastening system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the fastening section comprises four platforms of which two respective ones form a groove and an intermediate space between the two platforms forming a groove forms the latching cutout.",
    "6. The fastening system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the adjustment adapter has a second element.",
    "7. The fastening system in accordance with claim 6, wherein the second element is connected to the first element at an angle to one another.",
    "8. The fastening system in accordance with claim 7, wherein the second element is connected to the first element at an angle of 90°.",
    "9. The fastening system in accordance with claim 6, wherein the second element has a round spigot that can be placed into a holder, whereby a rotation of the optoelectronic measuring device can be carried out.",
    "10. The fastening system in accordance with claim 9, wherein the holder can be mounted at a stationary construction.",
    "11. The fastening system in accordance with claim 6, wherein the second element engages around the first element such that the first element is pivotably supported in the second element.",
    "12. The fastening system in accordance with claim 10, wherein the second element can be mounted at a stationary construction or can be placed into a holder that can be mounted at the stationary construction."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The invention relates to a fastening system for fastening an optoelectronic measuring device, in particular a light grid, in an operating position.\n\nMore and more industrial applications are being automated today so that above all optoelectronic measuring devices, in particular light grids, are used to, for example, detect a zone or objects and to communicate corresponding signals to a control system. It is frequently necessary for this purpose to mount the optoelectronic measuring device in a specific operating position, with the optoelectronic measuring device being exactly aligned on the zone to be detected or on the object to be detected.\n\nKnown fastening systems are space consuming so that on the mounting of the optoelectronic measuring device in its operating position, the known fastening system can bring about a so-called blind zone of the optoelectronic measuring device. In this connection, a blind zone means that the optoelectronic measuring device cannot detect a zone due to the known fastening system.\n\nThe known fastening system can furthermore have the effect that the optoelectronic measuring device is greatly spaced apart from a stationary construction to which the known fastening system is fastened so that for specific applications the optoelectronic measuring device cannot be used with the associated fastening system due to a lack of space.",
  "cpc": [
    "G01J 1/0271",
    "F16B 7/0433",
    "G01V 8/10",
    "H02K 11/22"
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  "ipc": [
    "G01J 1/02"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Sick AG"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Christof J. MEYER",
    "Ralf Friedrich"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2021-07-09",
  "publication_date": "2022-10-04",
  "grant_date": "2022-10-04",
  "priority_date": "2020-07-10",
  "application_number": "US-202117371353-A",
  "family_id": "79020216",
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