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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. 16, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1983
Brian S Cohen, South Deerfield, MA (US);
Arthur C Sanderson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kevin J Dowling, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention is a multi-channel position detection system which utilizes several separate emitters and a single photodetector to, for example, align a multi-lead component manipulator with a predetermined location in a printed circuit board. An oscillator circuit generates a modulated signal for each emitter and a multiplier circuit develops an output signal based upon the oscillator output and the photodetector output. The photodetector provides an output responsive to the emitter signal as attenuated by the circuit board location relative to the emitter. When the lead hole of the circuit board is aligned with the emitter and photodetector minimum attenuation of the signal occurs.