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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325327 | Method and apparatus for measuring angular or linear displacement An apparatus and method are disclosed for measuring the angular or linear displacement of an object. That displacement is transmitted to a movable conductive member, which, in response thereto, is moved to a position at which it electrically contacts one of a plural... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7304751 | Apparatus and method for automatically measuring characteristics of a hard disk drive carriage arm An apparatus and method for automatically measuring characteristics of a hard disk drive carriage arm. The method provides a first measuring device for automatically measuring a first side of a carriage arm. A second measuring device for automatically measuring a se... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7178260 | Measuring head A unit damper apparatus 18 is used as a damper apparatus 18 which absorbs an impact and a vibration conveyed from a contact 14 to a seesaw member 12, and a structure of this unit damper apparatus 18 is the structure which absorbs c... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177720 | Machine tool and method for operating a machine tool A machine tool comprises a tool carrier moveable relative to a workpiece to be machined. A controller controls the relative movement of the tool carrier and the workpiece by means of a control program. If an unplanned event occurs during the operational movement of ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7155364 | Measuring instrument A measuring instrument (1) has an arm (4) having a detector at a distal end thereof, and an arm guide (53) supporting the arm (4) in a manner movable in the axial direction thereof, the measuring instrument measuring a dimension of a work... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7127938 | Measuring head A unit damper apparatus 18 is used as a damper apparatus 18 which absorbs an impact and a vibration conveyed from a contact 14 to a seesaw member 12, and a structure of this unit damper apparatus 18 is the structure which absorbs c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117609 | Device, CNC measuring device, and method for measuring a rotationally symmetric precision part A device for measuring a rotationally symmetric precision part, having a dog, drivable via a drive, and a revolving centering means, the dog and the revolving centering means being positioned in such a way that a rotationally symmetric precision part to be measured ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6901675 | System and method for sizing a center bore of a laminated rotor A system and method of sizing an inner diameter of the center bore of a laminated rotor is provided. The inner diameter of the center bore is determined by taking a series of measurements in the center bore with an electronic gauge and then analyzing the measurement... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6816805 | Computer generated scale and conversion instrument The present invention relates to a process and method for printing, utilizing a computer and computer printer, a scale instrument and conversion tool to be used in preparing and interpreting scaled drawings, maps, aerial photographs, graphs and similar documents. Th... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6678634 | Thickness measurement system and method A system and method for frequent and accurate measuring of flat sheet thickness on a process line is disclosed. The results of the monitoring process of the present invention may be used to adjust the production process to better remain within predetermin... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6574582 | Electronic calipers having scaling, nominal-value look-up, and geometric-calculation functions An improved set of calipers or dividers having a pair of measurement jaws for measuring the distance between points, a display, and a calculation module which performs calculations or retrieves values for any one or more of the following functions: scalin... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6502057 | Transmitter unit for measuring instrument A main unit (21) attached onto rear side (opposite to a side equipped with a digital display) of a slider (14) and accommodating a transmission circuit inside to transmit measurement data by wireless, and an attachment module (40) to retain the main unit ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6223136 | Electronic calipers having scaling, nominal-value look-up, and geometric-calculation functions An improved set of calipers or dividers having a pair of measurement jaws for measuring the distance between points, a display, and a calculation module which performs calculations or retrieves values for any one or more of the following functions: scalin... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5598356 | Displacement converting device and method for measuring pressure differences using same A displacement converter in which a pressure difference is determined by detecting capacitances C1 and C2 between fixed electrodes 3,4 and a diaphragm 1, which receives pressure differences on both of its sides and can be displaced. The pressure differenc... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5563808 | Pilger mill mandrel measuring device A method and an apparatus for measuring a tapered cylindrical object, such as a mandrel. The apparatus employs a linear positioning table assembly with a slide mounting for a laser micrometer, an axial position stepper motor for moving the laser micromete... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5457635 | Portable apparatus for determining cut positions in logs A portable tool (41) for determining diameters and lengths along fallen trees (stems). The tool (41) includes callipers (2,3) for measuring diameters at positions along the stem and a tape measure (5) for measuring distance along the stem. In use, spinnin... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5337488 | Measuring instrument and method A measuring device, such as a micrometer or other form of dimensional measuring instrument, is provided which is operable to indicate dimensional measurements made thereby in numerical form on a display, such as an electronic digital display. The measurin... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5170306 | Method and apparatus for gaging the geometry of point threads and other special threads A method for gaging the geometry of selected sections of threaded fasteners comprises providing a gage for measuring a plurality of cross-sectional dimensions of the selected sections, positioning a fastener with the selected sections in surface-to-surfac... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5168458 | Method and apparatus for gaging the degree of lobulation of bodies such as threaded fasteners A method for gaging the geometry of bodies includes providing a gage for measuring a plurality of cross-sectional dimensions of a body and positioning a body in surface-to-surface contact with the gage. The method proceeds by recording information corresp... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4930096 | Data-transmitting apparatus having connecting plug A caliper unit has a connector having connecting terminals. The caliper unit measures a value of a product, and generates digital data representing this value. A data-transmitting apparatus has a housing. The housing can be attached to caliper unit. The h... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4845646 | Handheld digital gemstone measurement apparatus A digital gemstone measurement device includes a first caliper jaw fixed to a housing, a second caliper jaw movable relative to the first caliper jaw, an encoding wheel that rotates in response to linear motion of the second caliper jaw, a photosensor for... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4736313 | Digital indication type length measuring system A digital indication type length measuring system includes a length measuring device having a spindle which can be brought into abutting contact with a work to be measured, an encoder for representing a displacement of the spindle as an electric signal, a... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4730247 | Digital indication type measuring apparatus and measured data storage apparatus therefor Measured data storage apparatus for digital indication type article measuring apparatus used to measure more than one type of article is connected to a main body of the measuring apparatus so as to be operatively transportable with the measuring apparatus... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4651291 | Method of indicating measured values of measuring instrument A method for indicating measured value data of a measuring instrument, in which the measured value data of a workpiece to be measured is measured by a measuring instrument, such as slide calipers and the data indicated histogrammatically. There are presen... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4097158 | Half-maximum threshold circuit for optical micrometer An optical micrometer includes circuit means for determining accurately the passage of a scanning beam of light across the edges of an article placed within the zone of measurement. By sensing the half power point of the beam as received by a photodetecto... | 06/27/1978 |