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US 6,617,571 B2Granted
Rotary encoder
AssigneeDr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
InventorsJosef Thaler, Hermann Meyer
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Abstract
A rotary encoder including a housing having a wall which forms a bottom of the housing and has a center and at least one opening, a cover for closing the at least one opening, with the housing wall having an attachment region which encloses the wall center and has at least one attachment point at which the cover is attached to the housing wall, and a fastening element for securing the cover to the housing wall and rotatable at the attachment region to provide for connection of the fastening element with the at least one attachment point.
Claims11
A rotary encoder, comprising:
- a housing having a wall which forms a bottom of the housing and has a center and at least one opening;
- a cover for closing the at least one opening, the housing wall having an attachment region which encloses the wall center and has at least one attachment point at which the cover is attached to the housing wall;
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- a fastening element for securing the cover to the housing wall and rotatable with respect to the attachment region to provide for connection of the fastening element with the attachment point whereby the cover becomes secured to the housing wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.