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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Volker Hoefer, Traunreut, DE;
Gerhard Scheglmann, Ruhpolding, DE;
Inventors:
Volker Hoefer, Traunreut, DE;
Gerhard Scheglmann, Ruhpolding, DE;
Assignee:
Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH, Traunreut, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A positioning device includes a housing and a shaft that is able to be swiveled about a centrical position relative to the housing, at whose one end an element that is to be positioned is attachable. Furthermore, the positioning device has a swivel drive and a position measuring device. A cable, for the electrical connection of swivelable parts in the positioning device to a stationary unit, has a spiral-shaped course leading radially outwardly, starting from the shaft that is located in the centrical position.