Patents Assigned to Prima Electronics S.p.A.
  • Position transducer
    Patent number: 5233355
    Abstract: An absolute position transducer (encoder) comprising an incremental encoder having a coded disk connected stably to a shaft, and connected to a sensor for emitting a signal for each complete turn of the disk The incremental encoder produces a first and second signal, each consisting of a sequence of pulses in which each pulse equals one elementary angular increment of the shaft, and a third signal (ZERO) consisting of a sequence of zero pulses, each emitted for each complete turn of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Prima Electronics S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luca Di Stefano, Domenico Peiretti, Francesco Sgandurra