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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:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Denis Alff, Annecy, FR;
Assignee:
The Torrington Company, Torrington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324173 ; 384448 ;
Abstract
A stationary bearing ring, a rotatable bearing ring, and a sensor support having a slide are provided. The sensor support is axially retained in engagement with the stationary bearing ring, and a sensor is slidably mounted in the slide of the sensor support. The sensor is biased into contact with the sensor support and is radially retained in the slide. An encoding element is carried by the rotatable bearing ring and is rotatable in front of the sensor. Various embodiments are disclosed.