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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:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alfred Affa, Stein/Traun, DE;
Assignee:
Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, Traunreut, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33706 ;
Abstract
A position measuring system in which a scale has a reference mark track with two different sequences of reference marks are provided adjacent to an incremental division track. A first sequence of reference marks are disposed at successively different intervals and a second sequence of reference marks are disposed at equal intervals. Two modes of operation are available where either the absolute position is determined by scanning either the first sequence of reference marks or the second sequence of reference marks.