Patent ID: 11920995
Assignee: KONGSBERG MARITIME AS
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. The drive shaft monitoring system according to claim 4, comprising a substantially U-shaped sensor holder body (41), wherein
the light sensor assemblies (30a-30c) are arranged in a mounting bracket assembly (40) formed by the substantially U-shaped sensor holder body (41),
the light source (31) is arranged at one side of the substantially U-shaped sensor holder body (41),
the electro-optical sensor (32) is arranged at the other side of the U-shaped sensor holder body (41), accordingly laterally reversed and aligned to a common measurement axis in a transversal direction of the substantially U-shaped sensor holder body (41),
the U-shaped sensor holder body (41) is adapted to receive an outer part of the coded disc (21a-21b) with a gap therebetween and positioning the light source (31) and electro-optical sensor (32) in correspondence with the slots or recesses (22) of the respective coded disc (21a-21b), allowing the coded disc (21a-21b) to rotate with the slots or recesses (22) in the substantially U-shaped sensor holder body (41) in alignment with the measurement axis of the light sensor assembly (30a-30c).