Rotary potentiometer

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1989-03-03

1990-09-04

Reynolds, Bruce A.

Electrical resistors

Mechanically variable

Movable contact electrically adjustable over length of...

338163, H01C 1032

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049548042

ABSTRACT:
A rotary potentiometer having a cylindrical or partially cylindrical resistance track and at least one electrode pair arranged at the resistance track's edges which are parallel to the cylinder axis. A tap is fixed to an adjusting component which is rotatable around and movable along the cylinder axis. The axial breadth of the resistance track correspondsd substantially to the stroke of the adjusting component along the cylinder axis. At the circumferential edges of the resistance track, at least one second electrode pair is arranged.

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