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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069580 | Measuring device for determining a position and/or a speed A measuring device for determining a position and/or a speed includes a scale having marks arranged at spacings from one another, and a scanning head, with the scale and the scanning head being arranged for movement relative to one another along a movement direction... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7908762 | Device for measuring the relative position of a material measure and a reading head A device for measuring the relative position of a material measure (10) and a reading head (12) is described, in which the material measure (10) has an incremental scale (14); in which the incremental scale (14) is non-magnetically... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895766 | Linear guide unit having a length measurement system Linear guide unit, having a guide carriage (2) which is arranged such that it can be displaced longitudinally on a guide rail (1), and having a length measurement system, the measuring head (3) of which interacts with a measuring scale (4... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7658014 | Length measuring arrangement A length measuring arrangement for measuring the relative position of two objects, the length measuring arrangement including a housing made of a non-magnetic material and longitudinally extending in a measuring direction. The length measuring arrangement including ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7617614 | Magnetic scale manufacturing method and magnetic scale First, an inner tube member is accommodated in an outer tube member. Then, rigid powder, having high rigidity and a hard-to-magnetize characteristic, into the inner tube member. Next, magnetic powder is filled into a recessed portion of the inner tube member. Then, ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7530177 | Magnetic caliper with reference scale on edge An electronic hand tool type caliper includes a scale track located along a scale member reference edge that forms a sliding bearing with a mating surface of the caliper slide, thereby maintaining proper alignment of the slide jaw. Placing the scale track along the ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7415776 | Magnetic scale A magnetic scale is disclosed wherein a magnetic member is protected with certainty to effectively enhance the durability. The magnetic scale includes a magnetic member provided between outside and inside pipe members and has magnetic graduations magnetized alternat... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7356940 | Elastic fixture and attachment method for length measuring apparatus An elastic fixture which is employed for attaching a length measuring apparatus to an object to be measured having a different linear expansion coefficient therefrom. The elastic fixture is elastically deformable in the lengthwise direction of the length measuring a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353618 | Magnetic scale A magnetic scale includes a pipe and a polarizable magnetic member closely attached to the inner surface of the pipe so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the pipe. The magnetic member is formed with magnetic marks provided by a plurality of N poles and S... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325327 | Method and apparatus for measuring angular or linear displacement An apparatus and method are disclosed for measuring the angular or linear displacement of an object. That displacement is transmitted to a movable conductive member, which, in response thereto, is moved to a position at which it electrically contacts one of a plural... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7299562 | Device and method for mounting a position measuring device onto a machine tool, and position measuring system A device for mounting a position measuring device onto a machine tool includes at least one hanger tool, e.g., two hanger tools. Each hanger tool includes: a bracket detachably attachable to a housing of the position measuring device, e.g., at a respective end of th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290344 | Body having angle scaling A monolithic body having angle scaling is rotatable about an axis to measure the rotational position of a machine part. The body has a first annular region which has a flange-type configuration for connection to the machine part, and a second annular region on which... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284338 | Position measuring system A position measuring system for determining the position of a first structural component and a second structural component. The position measuring system includes a first support for receiving a first position measuring device, which is set up and provided for being... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281339 | Encoder system A structure and associated method to accurately read an encoder tape in an encoder system. The encoder system comprises, a read head, a shoe structure adjacent the read head, and an encoder tape. The encoder tape is adapted to be read by the read head. The shoe stru... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7263781 | Position-measuring device for fluidic cylinder-and-piston arrangements A position-measuring device for fluidic cylinder-and-piston arrangements having at least one Hall sensor, preferably arranged in the area of the cylinder wall, especially in a cylinder wall, and a magnetic region, arranged in the piston. At least one Hall sensor arr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253611 | Magnetic displacement ruler This invention relates to a magnetic displacement measurement device, which comprises a ruler body and a vernier, wherein a magnetic main ruler is fixed on the ruler body, and a secondary ruler is fixed on the vernier; the secondary ruler comprises a magnetic sensor... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7225555 | Linear scale attachment device and attachment method A linear scale attachment device for holding and securely attaching a linear scale on an object to be measured is disclosed. The device includes an aluminum base formed with a holding groove having a larger opening than the width of a linear scale that is fitted in ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7204035 | Displacement measuring system for a piston-cylinder assembly A piston rod is guided with freedom of axial movement in a cylinder, where the position of the piston rod is detected by a first position-measuring device, which travels along with the piston rod, and by a second position-measuring device on the cylinder side. The t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200515 | Rotation angle sensor A rotation angle sensor includes a first and a second detection gears rotatable with a steering shaft, a first detector configured to detect a rotation angle of the first detection gear, a second detector configured to detect a rotation angle of the second detection... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196511 | Magnetic position detecting apparatus having a plurality of magnetic resistance circuits arranged in a comblike shape A magnetic position detecting apparatus of the present invention includes a first magnetic resistance circuit and a second magnetic resistance circuit each having multiple magnetic resistance elements arranged to be opposite to a magnetized surface, wherein the firs... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185444 | Modular scanning unit of a position measuring system A modular scanning unit for a position measuring system and including a support having a recess with a guide surface and a holder adjustably supported upon the support, wherein the holder has a light source and a beam-shaping device aligned with the light source. A ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7171283 | Web guiding system and method Systems and methods for guiding one or more web components in connection with a web converting manufacturing process such as that used for manufacturing disposable absorbent garments. Some of the disclosed embodiments include relating inspection data, such as produc... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157903 | Inductive sensor and rotary encoder provided with an inductive sensor An inductive sensor includes at least two circuit boards and receiver circuit traces applied on the first circuit board. Arranged on the second circuit board are components of an evaluation electronics for evaluating signals that originate from the receiver circuit ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7103987 | Length measuring apparatus A slider or a slide shoe for maintaining an interval between a scale and the slider is provided with inclined faces for excluding a foreign matter on a scale face or a sliding guide face at both ends of the slider in a moving direction thereof or at both ends of the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096595 | Guide with measuring device, and method with producing such a guide A guide with a measuring device has a guide base with a longitudinal axis, a runner guided on the guide base in a direction of the longitudinal axis, a measuring device which measures a position of the runner in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the guide ba... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088095 | Balanced magnetic linear displacement sensor A magnetic linear displacement sensor. In accordance with one embodiment, the displacement sensor includes a Hall transducer element having a sensor plate surface and at least one magnet having a lengthwise dimension along which said Hall element detects a magnetic ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7061233 | Magnetically passive position sensor, method for manufacturing the magnetically passive position sensor In a magnetically passive position sensor, a mechanical axis (11) and a magnetic axis (12) of a magnet (2) point toward the same contact spring element from two or more contact spring elements (5, 6). This results, in particular, in the e... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7045999 | Rubber bearing with a jounce sensor A bearing for a control arm of a wheel suspension of a vehicle has at least one sensor (18, 28, 38, 48, 58) arranged in or at the bearing (11, 21, 31, 41). The sensor determines the relative movement of the vehicle parts connected to each other by the ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7013575 | Position measuring device A position measuring device including a code having a first code element and a second code element arranged one behind the other in a measuring direction, wherein each of the first and second code elements includes a first partial area and a second partial area, whi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007397 | Length measuring apparatus A main scale is firmly bonded to a metal tape having a desired coefficient of linear expansion by a powerful adhesive. At the same time, the metal tape is fixed to a frame by a two-sided adhesive tape so as to be capable of expansion and contraction. A length measur... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007398 | Device for measuring length A linear measuring device having a tape-shaped measuring body that is arranged in a closed conduit, which is opened on at least one front face and a sensor, which is moved along the measuring body and the sensor picks up information stored on the measuring body. An ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976317 | Measuring system for recording angular and linear absolute values A measuring system for recording angular and linear absolute values has a scale with a measuring track to create the absolute value that is recorded by a sensor configuration. The scale is composed of at least two segments configured in the same way to record absolu... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6935043 | Scale device including means for preventing the occurence of small gaps between opposing walls of a guide opening In a scale device including a case member (8) having a guide opening (9) formed therein, seal lip members (12A, 12B), a carrier unit (13) having seal lip pressing means (22, 23) formed thereon, and a coupling member (16 | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931741 | Scale device In a scale device including a scale unit (4) and detector (5), the scale unit (4) includes a scale member (6) formed from a long material and having at least a pair of fixing holes (12) formed therein across a position signal carry... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922907 | Measuring system for recording absolute angular or position values A measuring system for the recording of angular or position values, wherein the scale includes a measurement track with absolute encoding, and which is scanned by a sensor is provided. The scale is composed of at least two segments with similar absolute encod... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920699 | Device for and method for detecting a relative movement between two machine parts which are movable relative to one another A device for detecting a relative movement between two machine parts movable relative to one another has a plurality of marking rulers arranged on one of the machine parts one after the other in direction of the relative movement of the machine parts and having incr... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915691 | Liquid level sensor using a non linear rheostat and a float In a fuel tank level sensor 1 for measuring a remaining amount of fuel in accordance with a resistance value which is varied by moving a rheostat 1a utilizing a float 1c that vertically moves according to increase and decrease of t... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912797 | Measuring system for recording absolute angular or position values A measuring system for the recording of angular or position values, wherein the scale includes a measurement track with absolute encoding, and which is scanned by a sensor is provided. The scale is composed of at least two segments with similar absolute encoding, an... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910279 | Holder for a graduated element A graduated element attachment system in a position measuring system, the graduated element attachment system including a graduated element having a circumferential face and a holder. The holder includes a plurality of resilient elements, wherein each one of the plu... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6904696 | Method and device for attaching a scale element A method for the directional attachment of a scale element of a position measuring system to an installation face of a first body. The method includes aligning a scale element on an installation face of a first body parallel to a measuring direction via an adjustmen... | 06/14/2005 |
