US Patent Issued to LEINE & LINDE on June 17 for "Rotary encoder and a method for determining malfunction of a rotary encoder" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,139, issued on June 17, was assigned to LEINE & LINDE AB (Strangnas, Sweden).

"Rotary encoder and a method for determining malfunction of a rotary encoder" was invented by Mats Gustafsson (Stallarholmen, Sweden), Martin Lundgren (Strangnas, Sweden) and Robin Johansson (Strangnas, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary encoder includes a stator, a malfunction determination device, and a shaft having a bearing configuration internally connected to an axial bushing arranged in a housing. The bearing configuration provides for rotation of the shaft relative to the housing. A rotor is attached to the shaft. The malfunction determi...