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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GB;
Inventors:
Finlay Jonathan Evans, Malmesbury, GB;
James Reynolds Henshaw, Stroud, GB;
Stephen Lindsey Tocknell, Stroud, GB;
Assignee:
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/347 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/34761 (2013.01); G01D 5/34715 (2013.01); G01D 5/34753 (2013.01); G01D 5/34776 (2013.01);
Abstract
An encoder apparatus comprising a scale and a readhead assembly comprising a scale signal receiver. The scale and the scale signal receiver are located within a protective housing which is configured to protect them from contamination located outside the protective housing and comprises a seal through which the scale signal receiver can be connected to a part outside the protective housing. The arrangement of the scale signal receiver inside the protective housing is independent of the scale and protective housing.