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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2018
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GB;
Stephen Mark Angood, Portreath, GB;
Hugo George Derrick, Stroud, GB;
Stephen Paul Hunter, Chipping Sodbury, GB;
David Andrew Larkham, Dursley, GB;
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Abstract
A positioning apparatus comprising first and second relatively moveable members, and a linear motor comprising at least one elongate stator assembly and at least one armature assembly respectively mounted to the first and second moveable members for effecting relative movement of the first and second moveable members, configured so at to permit longitudinal expansion and/or contraction of the at least one elongate stator assembly and/or of the at least one armature assembly relative to its respective member.