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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2022
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ted Staton Cook, Kirkland, WA (US);
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
An inductive type absolute electronic position encoder utilizing a single track configuration is provided. The encoder includes a scale portion and a detector portion configured to move relative to each other along a measuring axis direction. The scale portion includes a first scale element portion and a second scale element portion. The detector portion includes a field generating portion configured to generate changing magnetic flux, and a sensing portion including a first sensing element portion configured to operate with the first scale element portion and a second sensing element portion configured to operate with the second scale element portion. The detector portion and the scale portion are arranged in a single track configuration in which the first and second scale element portions are stacked relative to one another and the first and second sensing element portions are at least one of stacked or interleaved relative to one another.