Renco Encoders Inc.

Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh

Heidenhain Corporation

Gary Rhodes

Robert M Setbacken

Esteban Cortina

Johann Mitterreiter

Tony Daniel Cepeda

Mamoru Yamashita

Mark Powell

Mathias Tresenreiter

Robert Setbacken

An encoder includes a rotor including: a shaft and a code disk attached to the shaft; a stator including a scanning unit configured to generate an electrical signal corresponding to an angular position of the code disk; a cable configured to transfer the electrical signal; and a cover overmolded onto the stator, where the scanning unit is sealed from an outer environment by the cover.

Encoder having an overmolded cover, encoder system with an encoder having an overmolded cover, and method for manufacturing an encoder having an overmolded cover

An encoder device includes: an encoder base; a hub rotatably arranged in the encoder base and arranged to carry an encoder disk; and an alignment device arranged to urge the hub into a predetermined axial and radial position relative to a portion of the housing, the alignment device including a contact portion arranged to contact an axial surface of the encoder base, a locating structure arranged to maintain the alignment device in a predefined radial position, a flange structure arranged to contact an axial surface of the hub and a circumferential portion of the hub, and a spring structure arranged to urge the hub axially toward the flange element, where the alignment device urges the hub into a predetermined axial and radial position relative to a portion of the encoder base, and the spring structure contacts the hub so as to form a detent, the detent allowing the alignment device to be removed from the hub by pulling the alignment device axially away from the hub.

Encoder device and alignment device for an encoder device

An encoder includes a base member and a cover attachable to the base member. The cover includes a surface with an opening and a strain relief device associated with the opening. The strain relief device includes at least one extension member extending from the surface of the cover and at least one bar member extending from the at least one extension member. The strain relief device is integral with the cover.

Encoder and encoder cover with strain relief

A modular encoder includes an encoder housing and a printed circuit board mounted in the encoder housing. The modular encoder also includes a mounting bracket adapted to electrically couple to the printed circuit board and a mounting screw adapted to couple the encoder housing to a motor and to electrically couple the mounting bracket to the motor.

Modular encoder, method of producing a modular encoder, and system for measuring angular movement

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