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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Kyoto, JP;
Tomoyuki Noda, Kyoto, JP;
Jun Morimoto, Kyoto, JP;
ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL, Soraku-Gun, JP;
Abstract
A rotational structure is configured such that a hollow portion, in which a base member is opposed to a rotational member, is formed around a shaft member. An encoder provided in the hollow portion includes a detection target member rotated together with one of the rotational member and the base member and having a physical quantity changing in a circumferential direction, and a detector capable of detecting the physical quantity of the detection target element and rotated together with the other of the rotational member and the base member.