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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Festo Ag & Co. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FESTO SE & CO. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor system that simultaneously detects the positions of multiple movable carriages along a motion path. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensors arranged at least along a subsection of the motion path, wherein each sensor is designed for a contactless detection of a measuring element provided on each movable carriage. The sensor system also includes a processing device, which is connected electrically with the sensors and which is designed for a synchronous detection of sensor signals of the sensors.