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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:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Laurent Guerbe, Segre, FR;
Victor Zarife, Cepoy, FR;
Inventors:
Laurent Guerbe, Segre, FR;
Victor Zarife, Cepoy, FR;
Assignee:
Hutchinson, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 3/487 (2006.01); F16C 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An encoder comprising a sleeve for holding on a shaft and an encoder element secured to the sleeve. The encoder element presents an encoding zone that is protected by a thin layer of material deposited by plasma directly on the encoder element and secured thereto, the thin layer covering at least the encoding zone A device including the encoder and a method of fabricating the encoder are described.