G01D 5/24433
By mechanical means
Official title: {by mechanical means}
G01D5/24433 (By mechanical means) appears on 367 US grants and 404 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Reflection-type optical encoder scale including an inorganic layer stack pattern with specific reflectance6 Oct 2026US 12,754,044 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Shaft support structure, magnetism detection device, and absolute encoder8 Sep 2026US 12,729,983 B2MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Apparatus, disc, and method of manufacture14 Jul 2026US 12,680,839 B2Renishaw PLC
- Rotary encoder7 Jul 2026US 12,674,689 B2Renishaw PLC
- Displacement measuring apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,650,290 B2Mitutoyo Corporation
- Sensor for detecting an angular position of a shaft of an external drive unit21 May 2026US 2026/0139944 A1Pepperl+Fuchs SE (Mannheim)
- Magnetic encoder7 May 2026US 2026/0126306 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Rotational encoder combined with angle limit braking mechanism23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110556 A1Viettel Group
- Scale26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056036 A1Renishaw PLC
- Rotary encoder, position adjustment mechanism, adjustment tool and position adjustment method29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029257 A1Mitutoyo Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical encoder using sufficient inactive photodetectors to make leakage current equal throughout136US 4,904,861 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1990
- Absolute encoder utilizing light of different wavelengths to reduce cross-talk92US 7,465,917 B2Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. · 2008
- System and method of magnetically sensing position of a moving component69US 7,259,553 B2SRI International · 2007
- Optical encoder with inactive photodetectors68US 4,998,013 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1991
- Method and apparatus for correcting position errors using writable encoders49US 4,950,890 ACreo Electronics Corporation · 1990