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Number: 250/231.13
Name: Radiant energy > Photocells; circuits and apparatus > Optical or pre-photocell system > Light valve (e.g., iris diaphragm) > Actuated by dynamic external physical quantity > Shaft angle transducers
Description: Subject matter wherein the angular position or speed or a rotatable shaft is the active external physical quantity sensed by one or more photocells and an output is generated which is indicative of those parameters.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
250/231.14 Incremental shaft readers; i.e., with means to generate increments of angular shaft rotation 487


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
5227625 Retro-reflective variable-pitch diffraction grating for use in a rotary actuator disk file Jul. 13, 1993
5220162 Disk for revolution sensor having at least three engaging portions Jun. 15, 1993
5220161 Position-sensing and motion verification assembly for a motor-driven mechanism Jun. 15, 1993
5218199 Optical position sensor having rigidly fixed read head Jun. 8, 1993
5214278 Apparatus for monitoring speed and lateral position of a rotating shaft having reflective surfaces May. 25, 1993
5211539 Apparatus for indicating the pitch of turbofan blades May. 18, 1993
5210409 Apparatus and method for sensing the relative position of two members employing a variable wavelength source and wavelength dependant scanner May. 11, 1993
5198763 Apparatus for monitoring the axial and radial wear on a bearing of a rotary shaft Mar. 30, 1993
5194730 Mobile electronic lineal measurement device with switchable magnetic mount Mar. 16, 1993
5171983 Relative position transducer for oscillating and scanning a read head over a coded track region Dec. 15, 1992
5171982 Display device with photoelectric sensing of unevenly spaced marks on a coding disk Dec. 15, 1992
5170051 Elastic gripping optoelectronic sensor for an energy consumption meter Dec. 8, 1992
5157460 Method and apparatus for measuring rotary speed using polarized light Oct. 20, 1992
5155401 Recorder motor with attached encoder and cover Oct. 13, 1992
5150103 Fixture containing compact rotational positioning sensor Sep. 22, 1992
5136158 Angular displacement detecting device for floating body with integral magnetic path forming means Aug. 4, 1992
5136159 Angular displacement detecting device for floating body with integral magnetic path forming means Aug. 4, 1992
5132531 Translational position sensing apparatus employing rotating element and PSD Jul. 21, 1992
5132527 Compensation arrangement for opto-electronic reference generator Jul. 21, 1992
5127738 Method and apparatus for measuring alignment status Jul. 7, 1992
5128536 Abnormality processing circuit for an encoder Jul. 7, 1992
5126561 Angle displacement detector for optical image stabilization device Jun. 30, 1992
5126560 Graduation carrier of plastics material with a graduation structure and fresnel zone ring Jun. 30, 1992
5127035 Pulse counter circuit and displacement measuring device Jun. 30, 1992
5120706 Drive system employing frictionless bearings including superconducting matter Jun. 9, 1992
5117104 Angular displacement detecting device utilizing a tubular casing having a chamber wherein a fluoroliquid is sealed May. 26, 1992
5103089 Angular displacement detecting device Apr. 7, 1992
5103090 Optical angle measuring method and apparatus particularly for machine tools using polygons with light reflecting facets Apr. 7, 1992
5089771 Reading device for a watt-hour meter Feb. 18, 1992
5089698 Interferometric optical system for measuring linear or angular displacements by beat signals Feb. 18, 1992
5087811 Optical train for measuring angle or position with transmission by intrinsically linear and referenced optical fibers using one or more light sources Feb. 11, 1992
5086221 Rotary encoder having stationary central support shaft Feb. 4, 1992
5074660 Method and apparatus for measuring rotating movements Dec. 24, 1991
5070238 Rotary encoder having circular magnet Dec. 3, 1991
5068528 Encoded surface position sensor with multiple wavelengths and reference beam Nov. 26, 1991
5063382 Construction for mounting a cap to a magnetic type rotary encoder Nov. 5, 1991
5061679 Drive system employing frictionless bearings including superconducting matter Oct. 29, 1991
5059901 Visible light laser tachometer for sensing rotational speed of an object Oct. 22, 1991
5058822 Takeup reel positioning apparatus for tape threading in a tape drive system Oct. 22, 1991
5057684 Unitary aligning and gapping apparatus for modular optical shaft encoder Oct. 15, 1991
5047629 Position and motion detector with magnetic coupling and optical detection Sep. 10, 1991
5042157 Fiber optic angular orientation sensor digital serial encoding Aug. 27, 1991
5038243 Local initialization for incremental encoder Aug. 6, 1991
5021648 Motion tranducing through conversion of linear motion to circular motion Jun. 4, 1991
5015836 Source intensity adjustment apparatus for optical channel May. 14, 1991
5006703 Reflective optical rotary encoder disc Apr. 9, 1991
4993659 Tape twine detecting device Feb. 19, 1991
4990909 Revolution counter using a magnetic bubble device for multi-turn absolute encoder Feb. 5, 1991
4988945 Optical and magnetic encoder for serially transmitting absolute position signals with an auxiliary power supply Jan. 29, 1991
4978846 Angular position measurement apparatus Dec. 18, 1990

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