ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,771, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AMS-OSRAM ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. (Singapore).
"Rotary encoders" was invented by Markus Dantler (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Laurent Nevou (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Jens Geiger (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Markus Rossi (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Ferran Suarez (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary encoder for providing a control signal in dependence upon an angular position of a controller rotatable about an axis of rotation. The rotary encoder includes a component for rotation with said controller about said axis of rotation. The rotary encoder also includes a radiation sou...