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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2024
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Fukuoka, JP;
Ryo Inoue, Fukuoka, JP;
Ikuma Murokita, Fukuoka, JP;
Kenichi Sadakane, Fukuoka, JP;
Masanobu Harada, Fukuoka, JP;
Yuji Arinaga, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Matsutani, Fukuoka, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
An encoder includes: an optical module that detects angular position information indicating an angular position of a rotating disk within one rotation thereof; a magnetic detecting unit that detects multi-rotation information indicating the number of rotations of the disk; a battery that supplies a power to the magnetic detecting unit when an external power is not supplied to the encoder; and a connector that connects connection terminals of the battery to a substrate to which at least one of the optical module and the magnetic detecting unit is connected, via solders in contact with the connection terminals.