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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2001
Applicants:
Robert Setbacken, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Richard Michael Goeden, Goleta, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Setbacken, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Richard Michael Goeden, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Renco Encoders, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D005/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The angular measuring system has a hollow pick-up shaft whose end is slitted, and the slitted area has an interior thread. A screw with an exterior thread is provided for clamping the pick-up shaft in a bore of a driveshaft. The screw is turned into the pick-up shaft until it is axially supported on a detent. By further turning of the screw the thread flanks of the interior thread and of the exterior thread cause the slit end of the pick-up shaft to be spread open radially.