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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1990
Hiraku Abe, Miyagi, JP;
Hidemasa Suzuki, Furukawa, JP;
Ichiro Tokunaga, Furukawa, JP;
Yasuaki Ogawa, Furukawa, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Methods are provided for assembling a magnetic encoder wherein fluctuation of a magnetic gap arising from a change in temperature is minimized. The magnetic encoder comprises a magnetic scale having thereon a magnetic pattern which can be detected by a magnetic sensor, a sensor retainer for securely retaining the magnetic sensor with a magnetic gap left between the magnetic scale and the magnetic sensor, and a supporting member to which the sensor retainer is secured. According to the invention, a jig is affixed to a surface of the sensor retainer, and the jig is moved until the gap between the magnetic scale and the magnetic sensor reaches a predetermined width. The sensor retainer may be secured to a supporting member by first and second securing agents, the second securing agent being the harder and applied closer to the magnetic sensor than the first securing agent.