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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Applicants:
Philip M. Johnson, Durham, NH (US);
David K. Johnson, Beverly, MA (US);
Inventors:
Philip M. Johnson, Durham, NH (US);
David K. Johnson, Beverly, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/347 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/34792 (2013.01); G01D 5/3473 (2013.01); G01D 5/34746 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optical Position Encoders and methods using the same are described. In embodiments, the optical position encoders include a multitrack Hybrid Cyclic Binary Code-2 (HCBC-2) encoded scale and an Optical Readout Assembly (ORA), where the ORA provides absolute position optical readout and automatic physical alignment to the scale. Linear optical position encoders, rotary optical position encoders, and methods of measuring the position of ORA relative to a scale using such encoders are also described.