Title:
HINGE AND HINGE MONITORING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/059274
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A hinge is provided which can more reliably prevent malfunction and breakdown and which enables efficiently performing repair and inspection operations. The hinge, provided with a first wing member linked to a first linked object and a second wing member linked to a second linked object, and rotatably linking the second linked object to the first linked object, is provided with a sensor which detects prescribed change in the external environment in the hinge or around the hinge, and a control unit which externally transmits, over a communication network, information relating to the change in the external environment detected by the sensor, wherein the sensor is configured from at least one of: a rotation speed sensor for detecting the rotation speed of the second wing member relative to the first wing member; a vibration sensor for detecting the amount of vibration; a load sensor for detecting load; an angle sensor for detecting the opening angle of the second wing member relative to the first wing member; a temperature sensor for detecting temperature; and an air pressure sensor for detecting atmospheric pressure.
More Like This:
Inventors:
HOTOMI HIDEO (JP)
SHIMONISHI TAKASHI (JP)
SHIMONISHI TAKASHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/034806
Publication Date:
March 28, 2019
Filing Date:
September 20, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SIMOTEC CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
F16C11/04; F16C41/00; G08C17/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2004047042A1 | 2004-06-03 |
Foreign References:
| JP2005269552A | 2005-09-29 | |||
| JP2010109589A | 2010-05-13 | |||
| JP2011100353A | 2011-05-19 | |||
| US20170260783A1 | 2017-09-14 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YANO INTERNATIONAL PATENT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, P.C. (JP)
Download PDF: