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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:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert J Figueria, Jr, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Components, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25023114 ; 25023116 ;
Abstract
An optical encoder for a rotating shaft having a radiation source, a radiation detector and a radiation modulator interposed therebetween. The radiation source, the radiation modulator and the radiation detector are positionally configured and mechanically connected to one another and to the shaft in a manner to be in axial and radial alignment with one another relative to the rotating shaft.