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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:
Dec. 15, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Marie Renaud, Courbevoie, FR;
Paul Gambs, Ecully, FR;
Jean-Claude Perrot, Montigny en Cormeilles, FR;
Jacques Taillebois, Plaisir, FR;
Assignee:
M.C.B., Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
An optical position locating device is provided comprising a light emitter, a bidirectional optical coupler, an optical fiber, a series of micromirrors disposed between a fiber and disk carrying the coded tracks (one mirror opposite each track). A control unit successively brings one and only one mirror into an active position, the others remain in a rest position. An optoelectronic reader emitting a light pulse in response to the light reflected by one of the mirrors in the active position through the optical fiber and and a processing unit processes these signals.