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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
Kok Hing Fo, Penang, MY;
Kee Yean NG, Penang, MY;
Chee Keong Chong, Penang, MY;
Kean Loo Keh, Penang, MY;
Herbert W. Loesch, San Jose, CA (US);
Kok Hing Fo, Penang, MY;
Kee Yean Ng, Penang, MY;
Chee Keong Chong, Penang, MY;
Kean Loo Keh, Penang, MY;
Herbert W. Loesch, San Jose, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical encoder device is provided with an optical encoder for detecting codewheel/codestrip positions, an optical encoder housing for accommodating the optical encoder, a first tapered guidepost protruding from a sidewall of the optical encoder housing, the first guidepost having a star-shaped cross-section and being arranged adjacent to the optical encoder, and a second tapered guidepost protruding form the sidewall of the optical encoder housing and extending substantially parallel to the first guidepost, the second guidepost having a diamond-shaped cross-section and being arranged remote from the optical encoder.