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Optical shaft angle encoder

US4266125A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 1978
Grant dateMay 5, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 21, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/34715
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical comparator has three bifurcated and truncated lenses, each lens having two siamesed and truncated elements having closely spaced optical axes. This results in an optical encoder having a low sensitivity to eccentricity errors.

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