Process for producing an arrangement for determining the relative position of two bodies that are movable in relation to each other
US6564468B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01D5/2457
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In an arrangement for determining the relative position of two bodies (3, 7) that are movable relative to each other, a separate measuring tape (29) is attached to a first (3) of the two bodies (3, 7). The measuring tape includes at least one track of measuring markings, distributed in the longitudinal direction of the tape. The second (7) of the two bodies (3, 7) carries a sensor arrangement (31) which responds to the measuring markings and travels along the track, in the course of relative movement between the two bodies (3, 7). The measuring tape (29) is attached to the first body (3), at at least two attachment points that are arranged at a distance from each other in the longitudinal direction of the tape, and is elastically stretched between the attachment points in the longitudinal direction of the tape.
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