Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
In a device having a stationary first part of stator and a rotatable second part or rotor including a signal transducing element, a multi-channel electro-optical system for transmission of signals between said stator and rotor, comprising at least two electro-optical transmitting converters, located on an arbitrarily selected one of said first and second parts, generating respective signal transmission beams, each representing a transmission channel between rotor and stator; at least two opto-electrical receiving converters located on a predetermined axis of the other of said first and second parts and each receiving one of said beams; the improvement comprising that said beams strike said opto-electrical receiving converters at an acute angle with respect to said predetermined axis of said other part; and that electrical connecting leads are located at least partially off said axis of said rotor, so that said leads block one of said transmission beams during at most a fraction of each rotation of said rotor, said leads connecting said converters on said rotor to said signal transducing element of said rotor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
173 words
In a device having a stationary first part of stator and a rotatable second part or rotor including a signal transducing element, a multi-channel electro-optical system for transmission of signals between said stator and rotor, comprising at least two electro-optical transmitting converters, located on an arbitrarily selected one of said first and second parts, generating respective signal transmission beams, each representing a transmission channel between rotor and stator; at least two opto-electrical receiving converters located on a predetermined axis of the other of said first and second parts and each receiving one of said beams; the improvement comprising that said beams strike said opto-electrical receiving converters at an acute angle with respect to said predetermined axis of said other part; and that electrical connecting leads are located at least partially off said axis of said rotor, so that said leads block one of said transmission beams during at most a fraction of each rotation of said rotor, said leads connecting said converters on said rotor to said signal transducing element of said rotor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The device including an electro-optical system according to claim 1, wherein said opto-electrical receiving converters are supported in beam-receiving position by at least one disk-shaped transparent body, at least a portion of the transparent body being frusto-conical.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The device including an electro-optical system according to claim 1, wherein said opto-electrical receiving converters are supported in beam-receiving position by at least one transparent body which is ring-shaped and has a trapezoidal cross-section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The device including an electro-optical system according to claim 1, wherein said electro-optical transmitting converters are located on said stator and said opto-electrical receiving converters are located on said rotor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The device including an electro-optical system according to claim 1, wherein said electro-optical transmitting converters are located on said rotor and said opto-electrical receiving converters are located on said stator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
96 words
The device including an electro-optical system according to claim 2, including both stator-to-rotor transmission channels and rotor-to-stator transmission channels, wherein said rotor includes a plurality of opto-electrical receiving converters and respective transparent bodies supporting said converters, serving as receiving portions of said stator-to-rotor transmission channels, and a plurality of electro-optical transmitting converters serving as transmitting portions of said rotor-to-stator transmission channels, and said stator includes a plurality of electro-optical transmitting converters serving as transmitting portions of said opto-electrical receiving converters and respective transparent bodies supporting said converters, serving as receiving portions of said rotor-to-stator transmission channels.