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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jay Janzen, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for converting mechanical motion displacement to an electrical signal is disclosed. A translucent light scattering member is located between a light source and a light sensor capable of generating an electrical signal representative of the intensity of the light received by the light sensor. The translucent member is moved in a direction parallel to the light beam between the light source and the light sensor in response to a mechanical motion displacement in such a manner that the intensity of the light received by the light sensor is a function of the mechanical motion displacement.