Patent ID: 11892288
Assignee: AGILITY ROBOTICS, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  B  F | IPC F  G

Claim 6:
7. A method for accurately determining the position of an input shaft and an output shaft of a transmission, the method comprising:
moving an input-target of an input sensor adjacent an input-encoder of the input sensor, the input-encoder being disposed on a first side of a carrier that is mounted to a housing of a transmission, the input-target being mounted to an input shaft of the transmission;
generating, via the input-encoder, an input signal that represents a position of the input shaft relative to the housing;
moving an output-target of an output sensor adjacent an output-encoder of the output sensor,
the output-encoder being disposed on a second side of the same carrier that is mounted to the transmission's housing, the second side facing a direction other than the direction that the carrier's first side faces, the output-target being mounted to an output shaft of the transmission;
generating, via the output-encoder, an output signal that represents a position of the output shaft relative to the housing; and
adjusting the distance between at least one of the input-target and the input-encoder, and the output-target and the output encoder, before generating the input signal or the output signal.