Light source device and photoelectric encoder including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10416002-B2
Application number	US-201715784803-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2017
Priority date	Oct 19, 2016
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

Provided are a light source device that can achieve higher accuracy while maintaining reliability by reducing stray light, and a photoelectric encoder including the same. A light source device 2 includes a translucent member 10 configured to accommodate a light emitting unit 5 thereinside, and to make light emitted from the light emitting unit 5, into parallel light. The translucent member 10 includes an optical axis plane 11, an orthogonal plane 12, a reflection portion configured to make light from the light emitting unit 5, into parallel light, and a connection portion 14 formed by the optical axis plane 11 and the orthogonal plane 12 connecting to each other, and having a curved surface. A central axis AX of the curved surface is in an outside region of the translucent member 10, and a region between the optical axis plane 11 and the orthogonal plane 12.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light source device comprising a light emitting unit configured to emit light, and a translucent member configured to accommodate the light emitting unit thereinside, and to make light emitted from the light emitting unit, into parallel light,
wherein the translucent member includes:
an optical axis plane positioned on an optical path of the light emitting unit, and being parallel to an optical axis of the light emitting unit;
an orthogonal plane formed with being connected to an end portion on a light emitting unit side of the optical axis plane, positioned on the optical path of the light emitting unit, and being orthogonal to the optical axis of the light emitting unit;
a reflection portion formed with being connected to an end portion on an opposite side of the light emitting unit of the optical axis plane toward an opposite side of the orthogonal plane, and configured to make light from the light emitting unit, into parallel light; and
a connection portion formed by the optical axis plane and the orthogonal plane connecting to each other, and having a curved surface, a central axis of the curved surface being in an outside region of the translucent member and a region between the optical axis plane and the orthogonal plane.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the connection portion includes
an antireflection member configured to absorb light from the light emitting unit.

3. The light source device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the connection portion is
formed by the curved surface having a radius larger than a maximum length of a light emitting surface of the light emitting unit.

4. The light source device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the connection portion is formed on a rough surface.

5. A photoelectric encoder comprising:
the light source device according to claim 1 ;
a scale onto which light is emitted from the light source device; and
a light receiving unit configured to receive light from the light source device, via the scale, and to convert the received light into an electrical signal.

Assignees

• Mitutoyo Corp

Inventors

• Mizutani Miyako
• Ono Kimitoshi
• Maeda Fujio

Classifications

• G01D5/34715 Primary

  Scale reading or illumination devices · CPC title

• G01D5/34707

  Scales; Discs, e.g. fixation, fabrication, compensation · CPC title

• G01D5/34

  the beams of light being detected by photocells · CPC title

• F21V3/02

  characterised by the shape · CPC title

• F21S8/00 Primary

  Lighting devices intended for fixed installation (F21S9/00, F21S10/00 take precedence; using a string or strip of light sources F21S4/00) · CPC title