# US 2020/0393271 A1 · Electromagnetic induction type encoder

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- Number: US 2020/0393271 A1
- Document ID: US20200393271A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/896,842
- Filed: 2020-06-09
- Published: 2020-12-17
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-12
- Assignees: Mitutoyo Corporation
- Applicants: Mitutoyo Corporation
- Inventors: Hiroatsu Mori; Kenichi Hayashi; Naoki Kobayashi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200393271A1

## CPC

- G01D 5/206: {constituting a short-circuiting element}
- G01D 5/2066: {by movement of a single coil with respect to a single other coil}
- G01B 3/205: {provided with a counter for digital indication of the measured dimension}
- G01B 7/003: {for measuring position, not involving coordinate determination (coordinate measuring G01B7/004)}
- G01D 5/2053: {by a movable non-ferromagnetic conductive element}
- G08B 21/182: {Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold}
- G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01B: MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

## Abstract

An electromagnetic induction type encoder, wherein at least one of widths of a first transceiver coil, a first plurality of conductors and a first receiver coil of a first track in a direction vertical to facing direction between a detection head and a scale and a measurement direction is different from corresponding width of a second transceiver coil, a second plurality of conductors and a second receiver coil in the direction vertical to the facing direction and the measurement direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electromagnetic induction type encoder comprising:
a detection head; and
a scale that faces with the detection head and is configured to relatively move with respect to the detection head in a measurement direction,
wherein the detection head has a first transceiver coil that is used for a first track and is configured to generate magnetic flux and a second transceiver coil that is used for a second track and is configured to generate magnetic flux,
wherein the scale has a first plurality of conductors that are used for the first track, are arrayed in the measurement direction, are configured to be electromagnetically coupled with the magnetic flux generated by the first transceiver coil, and generate magnetic flux that fluctuates in a predetermined spatial period in the measurement direction and a second plurality of conductors that are used for the second track, are arrayed in the measurement direction, are configured to be electromagnetically coupled with the magnetic flux generated by the second transceiver coil, and generate magnetic flux that fluctuates in a predetermined spatial period in the measurement direction,
wherein the detection head has a first receiver coil configured to be electromagnetically coupled with the magnetic flux generated by the first plurality of conductors and detect a phase of the magnetic flux and a second receiver coil configured to be electromagnetically coupled with the magnetic flux generated by the second plurality of conductors and detect a phase of the magnetic flux,
wherein at least one of widths of the first transceiver coil, the first plurality of conductors and the first receiver coil of the first track in the direction vertical to the facing direction between the detection head and the scale and the measurement direction is different from corresponding width of the second transceiver coil, the second plurality of conductors and the second receiver coil in the direction vertical to the facing direction and the measurement direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electromagnetic induction type encoder as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a detector configured to detect at least one of positional fluctuation between the detection head and the scale in the facing direction and positional fluctuation between the detection head and the scale in a direction vertical to the facing direction and the measurement direction, with use of comparison result between positional intensity obtained from the first receiver coil of the first track and signal intensity obtained from the second receiver coil of the second track.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electromagnetic induction type encoder as claimed in claim 2, wherein the detector detects a gap between the detection head and the scale, with use of a correction coefficient corresponding to the comparison result between the signal intensity obtained from the first receiver of the first track and the signal intensity obtained from the second receiver coil of the second track.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The electromagnetic induction type encoder as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an alarm device configured to report a result of the detector.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electromagnetic induction type encoder as claimed in claim 1,
wherein a width of the first plurality of conductors of the first track is smaller than a width of the first transceiver coil in the direction vertical to the facing direction and the measurement direction,
wherein a width of the second plurality of conductors of the second track is smaller than a width of the second transceiver coil in the direction vertical to the facing direction and the measurement direction.