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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ludwig Angerpointner, München, DE;
Assignee:
Dr Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, Traunreut, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ;
Abstract
A device for rotating a body about two axes that includes a collector ring coupled to both a rotatable body and an axial movement drive mechanism for transmitting axial movements, so that rotary movements of the rotatable body about two axes are caused via axial movements of the collector ring, wherein a stator of the collector ring is seated, fixed against relative rotation, on a support body, and a rotor of the collector ring is connected with the rotatable body. At least one electrical unit, which is fixed against relative rotation with respect to the support body and is in electrical contact with the rotatable body via the collector ring.