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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1989
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for adjusting height of a vehicle includes an incremental-type rotary encoder operated as a sensor for sensing the height of the vehicle. The incremental-type rotary encoder comprises a rotary disc having two sets of slits positioned at circumferential portions having different radii each other and different phase of 90.degree. in a rotating direction of the rotary disc. The incremental-type rotary encoder is further provided with a slit having a semi-circular shape disposed along a circumferential periphery thereof. A neutral position of an operation range of the rotary disc is determined as a boundary of the location of the semi-circular slit. The semi-circular slit is detected to discriminate whether height of the vehicle is above or below the neutral position of the rotary disc. A height adjusting mechanism is displaced in a vertical direction according to data from a detector. The apparatus controls the rotating direction and the amount of the rotation of the rotary disc.