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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:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Kazuhisa Shinno, Tokyo, JP;
Fumio Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhisa Shinno, Tokyo, JP;
Fumio Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/86 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); G01B 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reflection type optical sensor can include a light emitting and receiving unit. The light emitting and receiving unit can include both a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit having light receiving sensitivity to light emitted from the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit can be arranged such that the optical axis of the light emitting unit intersects at a predetermined angle with the optical axis of the light receiving unit. The light emitting and receiving unit can be movably supported.