Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual absolute encoder
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Application No.: US17838922Application Date: 2022-06-13
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Publication No.: US11874143B2Publication Date: 2024-01-16
- Inventor: Brian Coyne , Yuki Katoh
- Applicant: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
- Main IPC: G01D5/24
- IPC: G01D5/24 ; G01D5/14 ; G01B7/00 ; G01D5/249 ; G01B7/30

Abstract:
An exemplary encoder assembly includes a substrate, a first encoder, and a second encoder. The substrate has two or more position sensors, each position sensor being configured for detecting a rotary position of a shaft or other rotating element of a machine. The first encoder includes at least one first position sensor of the two or more position sensors. The at least one first position sensor is disposed on the substrate for off-axis alignment with the shaft or other rotating element of the machine. The second encoder includes a second position sensor of the two or more position sensors, the second position sensor being disposed on the substrate for on-axis or off-axis alignment with the shaft or other rotating element of the machine. Each position sensor is configured to detect different or common signal types, and a signal type of the second position sensor excludes optical signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220381549A1 DUAL ABSOLUTE ENCODER Public/Granted day:2022-12-01
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