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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:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kouji Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Mitutoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324662 ; 324686 ; 324690 ; 34087037 ; 341 15 ; 33784 ;
Abstract
A rotary encoder 10 is composed of a halfway cylindrical stator 11 and a cylindrical rotor 12. The rotor 12 is disposed coaxial with the stator 11 with a predetermined gap. Plural transmitting electrodes 13 with spiral patterns and receiving electrode 14 with a rectangular pattern are formed on the inner surface of the stator 12. The transmitting electrodes 13 and receiving electrode 14 are formed of a FPC substrate 17 with lead lines 15, 16. On the outer surface of the rotor 12, coupling electrode 18 are formed with a spiral pattern so as to be capacitively coupled to the transmitting electrodes 13 and receiving electrode 14. FIG. 4C