ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,788, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Displacement detecting sensor, control device, and control system" was invented by Kunihiko Murakami (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This displacement detecting sensor is provided with two encoders attached to a first link and a second link that are coupled in such a way as to be capable of moving relative to a certain axis, wherein: the two encoders are provided with two scale members at different distances from the axis, and two detectors for detecting scales on the respective two scale members; a positional relationship between the scale memb...