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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:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/100 ;
Abstract
A position detector and cable for use in the same can be provided for reducing the space and cost as well as easing maintenance. A scale unit (,) generates an alarm signal (ALAM) for informing of an error when it occurs associated with generating position pulses (PA, PB and PZ). A signal cable (,) transfers the alarm signal (ALAM) to a connector (,). The connector (,) contains an alarm indicator (,) that lights on in response to the alarm signal (ALAM) output from the scale unit (,) when an irregularity occurs.