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Position encoder

US6972403B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 2003
Grant dateDec 6, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/42
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An optical encoder that includes an optical grating and a quadrature optical encoder sensor that move relative to each other. The optical grating includes a first encoder bar and a plurality of second encoder bars, wherein the first encoder bar is optically configured to change an amplitude of an output of the quadrature optical encoder sensor.

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