Patent ID: 11870385
Assignee: ARCUS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A linear motor comprising:
a magnetic assembly;
a coil assembly having at least one coil positioned to magnetically engage the magnetic assembly for linear displacement between the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly;
an encoder strip attached to one of the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly; and
an encoder reader attached to the other one of the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly to read the encoder strip during the linear displacement between the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly,
wherein the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly are parts of a voice coil motor, wherein the encoder reader is attached to an outer housing of the magnetic assembly, and wherein the encoder strip is attached to a coil of the coil assembly, the outer housing of the magnetic assembly being connected to a magnet structure that is positioned within the coil of the coil assembly.