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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:
Jul. 06, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Brienza, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Richard C Warner, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The Singer Company, Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
An optical encoding arrangement for determining the position of a movable member is provided with an optically masked light transmitting coding element interposed between a light emitting array and a light detecting array so that the light detecting elements in the array are selectively energized in accordance with the position being measured. In particular, the encoder provides for transmission, by optical means, of a series of digital bytes of predetermined length, in a bit parallel byte serial format, with the successive bytes later being assembled into a usable data format.