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Surveying apparatus with positioning device

US10260873B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2015
Grant dateApr 16, 2019
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K5/1675
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention include a surveying apparatus that includes an optoelectronic distance measuring device having a measuring beam path, a base for placing the surveying apparatus, a support which is mounted on the base such that it is rotatable about a vertical axis, a beam directing unit which is mounted in the support such that it is rotatable about a tilting axis, an angle measurement system for measuring the axial positions, and an actuatable positioning device driving the beam directing unit or the support. In some embodiments the positioning device may include a plurality of coils which are arranged in a positionally fixed manner in the form of a ring about the tilting axis and/or vertical axis, with winding axes which are axially parallel to the tilting axis or vertical axis.

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