Optics: measuring and testing – Angle measuring or angular axial alignment
Reexamination Certificate
2009-11-30
2011-12-13
Lauchman, Layla (Department: 2877)
Optics: measuring and testing
Angle measuring or angular axial alignment
C250S231130, C356S141100
Reexamination Certificate
active
08077302
ABSTRACT:
A sensor may simultaneously sense the angular position of a first rotatable member relative to a frame of reference and the angular position of a second rotatable member relative to the first rotatable member up to a maximum displacement angle. The sensor may include a first and a second disk, each of which have an annular pattern which alternates between two different levels of optical transparency. The first disk may be coupled by a first coupling to the first rotatable member; and the second disk may be coupled by a second coupling to the second rotatable member. The first and the second annular patterns may be configured such that the angular displacement of the second rotatable member relative to the first rotatable member angle is accurately indicated by the sensor up to the maximum displacement angle, regardless of how the first annular pattern is aligned with respect to the second annular pattern at the time the couplings are coupled to their respective rotatable members.
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BI Technologies Corporation
Lauchman Layla
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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