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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Okuma Corporation, Niwa-gun, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Yasukazu Hayashi, Aichi, JP;
Noriyuki Fukui, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
OKUMA CORPORATION, Niwa-Gun, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/347 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/34753 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide a linear encoder including a scale unit and a slider that slides along the scale unit, wherein the slider includes a slider enclosure including a slider holding unit, a detection head holding unit mounted inside a scale enclosure of the scale unit, and a pillar extending between the outside and inside of the scale enclosure to connect these two holding units, and a part of the pillar closer to the detection head holding unit and a part of the detection head holding unit closer to the pillar are bored by a thickness larger than a thickness of the pillar.