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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Toru Yaku, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuro Kiriyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Toru Yaku, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuro Kiriyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A three-grating type photoelectric encoder includes a second grating formed on a scale and first and third gratings disposed on a side of a detector. A part of at least the first grating is shifted in a direction of a measurement axis by P/(2n) (wherein P is a grating pitch, n is the order of a harmonic component to be removed) in order to remove a harmonic component of the nth order. This encoder can be improved with high accuracy by removing harmonic components without increasing manufacturing costs.