Patent 7095011 was granted and assigned to Mitutoyo on August, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A plurality of photodiodes are disposed along a measurement axis on an optical receipt chip of a photoelectric encoder. Formed on each light acceptance surface of these photodiodes is a second optical grating which has more than one light shield portion extending in a “y” direction. Each acceptance surface has a portion that is disposed obliquely relative to the extending direction of the light shield portion.