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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:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Curtis D Kissinger, Gloversville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Mechanical Technology Incorporated, Latham, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250227 ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
A fiber optic proximity detector for use in sensing the relative position of an object or change thereof wherein the light is reflected by the target surface and returned along the transmitting fibers and utilized along with the reflected light returned along the receiving fibers so as to effect automatic surface reflectivity compensation with the detector being coupled to an optical extender to increase the working distance of the probe from the target.