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Position transducer

US6578283B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 2001
Grant dateJun 17, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/34753
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A position transducer in which a carriage 32 and slider 33 are coupled to each other by tension coil springs 41A and 41B each having an elasticity in a direction in which the carriage 32 and slider 33 are attracted towards each other, with the carriage 32 and slider 33 being butted to each other with a rolling bearing placed at one end of the carriage 33 in the moving direction and which has a ball 40 held by a plane bearing 37 and conical bearing 39.

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