Object detection device

摘要

To provide an object detection device that requires neither the optical adjustment nor the detection area adjustment after the replacement of the battery, the object detection device includes a sensor body, inclusive of a detection element, and a storage enclosure positioned in part or in its entirety in a rear surface of the sensor body, and has a transmitter accommodation portion for accommodating therein a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting an output signal from the sensor body, a battery holding portion for holding a battery for providing the sensor body and the transmitter with an electric power, in which the battery holding portion includes a holding portion opening unit to open the battery holding portion to thereby enable a replacement of the battery, then retained in the battery holding portion, in a condition in which the sensor body is not separated from the storage enclosure.

主权项

1. An object detection device to be mounted on a to-be-mounted portion, the device comprising:
a sensor body including a detection element; a storage enclosure positioned in part or in its entirety in the rear of the sensor body a transmitter accommodation portion formed in the storage enclosure and accommodating therein a transmitter operable to wirelessly transmit an output signal from the sensor body; a battery holding portion formed in the storage enclosure and holding at least one battery to provide the sensor body and the transmitter with an electric power; and a holding portion opening unit to open the battery holding portion to thereby enable a replacement of the at least one battery, then held in the battery holding portion, in a condition in which the sensor body is not separated from the storage enclosure and the object detection device is not removed from the to-be-mounted portion.