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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161657 | Measuring force control apparatus A position controller provided in a controlling module obtains a difference between a detected rotation angle of a stylus and a target rotation angle, and determines an energization amount to a voice coil motor so that the difference becomes zero. A variable limiter... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7891109 | Contact sensing probe Contact sensing probe apparatus includes a workpiece contacting stylus, a transducer mechanically coupled to the stylus and an oscillator for supplying an alternating current to the transducer to induce vibration of the stylus. A contact sensor is also provided for ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7856731 | Contact sensing probe A contact sensing probe having a stylus which is vibrated longitudinally by a piezoelectric transducer. Contact with a workpiece is detected from damping of the vibration. The stylus is mounted to a probe body via parallel diaphragm springs. These cooperate with a c... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7797851 | Shape measurement device probe and shape measurement device There are provided a shape measurement device capable of measuring shapes irrespective of an inclined direction of a side surface without using a complex device configuration, and a shape measurement device probe arranged in the shape measurement device. In the shap... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7770302 | Sensor To provide a sensor having a long operational life. A sensor which senses contact with an object through tilting of a probe having a rod shape, the sensor including: a housing having a hollow columnar shape; the probe arranged to project from an inside of the housin... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7735234 | Smart probe The present system, method, article of manufacture, software, and apparatus is an “intelligent” probe system and components thereof and may openly encompass, in at least an embodiment, an embedded IC chip located in an interchangeable probe(s) which offers repea... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7603789 | Measurement probe A probe for position determining apparatus has a probe body (18) and a workpiece-contacting stylus (14). A strain sensitive structure connects the probe body and the stylus, and includes bendable members (32). The bendable members have an asymme... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7552543 | Probe for gauging machines A probe for gauging machines with articulated arms comprises a fixed gauging stylus (31), supporting, at its end, a gauging ball, characterized in that it also comprises a handle body (33) which can be manually operated by an operator to push the gaugi... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7526873 | Use of surface measurement probes A method of measuring an artifact using a machine on which a measuring probe is mounted. The method has the following steps: determining the approximate position of one or more points on the surface of the artifact; using this approximate position to drive at least ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7520067 | Three-dimensional measurement probe A three-dimensional measurement probe that is less likely to break, that is of long lifespan, and that is of low cost, capable of measuring the shape and the like of a measuring object such as an aspheric lens with higher precision is realized. A magnetic force for ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7472491 | Measuring probe, especially for a device for the measurement of the thickness of thin layers The invention relates to a Measuring probe for a device for the measurement of the thickness of thin layers, with a housing (14) comprising at least one sensor element (17), which is accepted along a longitudinal axis (16) of the housing (14 | 01/06/2009 |
| 7464484 | Probe head A probe head includes a stationary component and pressure-sensitive sensors, the sensors being stationary relative to the fixed component, and a deflectable probe element. The probe element has a longitudinal axis, a first contact point and a second contact point. B... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7395698 | Three-dimensional nanoscale metrology using FIRAT probe In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is a force sensor for a probe based instrument. The force sensor can comprise a detection surface and a flexible mechanical structure disposed a first distance above the detection surface so as to form a gap b... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7367133 | Device and method for coordinate measurement In a device and a method for coordinate measurement, a probe head generates a switching signal in response to contact with a workpiece. The device includes position-measuring units for each coordinate axis to be measured, with the aid of which the relative position ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367132 | Contact-type displacement measuring apparatus A contact-type displacement measuring apparatus includes a first movable body that reciprocates in a first linear direction; a driving unit that drives the first movable body; a second movable body that reciprocates in a second linear direction parallel to the first... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363181 | Straightness correcting method for surface texture measuring instrument, and surface texture measuring instrument A surface texture measuring instrument is provided that is capable of performing a correction operation depending on the rotation angle position of a detector even when the detector is rotated for measurement. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353616 | Shape measuring instrument A shape measuring instrument is provided as being capable of measuring a surface shape of a target with a small contact force while changing the contact force. A measuring probe 32 is supported while a tilt θ is provided. A retracting force of the measuring ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347000 | Touch probe Touch probe for a machine for measuring coordinates, including a contact feeler (12), relatively mobile relatively to a fixed organ (1) and held in a defined and repeatable resting position by a spring (21). The probe comprises an electric circu... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328518 | Surface roughness/contour shape measuring apparatus The present invention provides a surface roughness/contour shape measuring apparatus that can move a probe relative to a workpiece within an orthogonal X-Y plane while employing a relatively inexpensive construction. In the surface roughness/contour shape measuring ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328519 | Machine adaptation Transmission of power and/or signal across a machine tool spindle shank is disclosed. Contacts (340) on the shank are connectable to tracks (24/22) on the spindle (210). A circuit (e.g. FIG. 15) is used to determine the orientation of the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318285 | Surface profile measuring instrument Provided are a measuring section (210) including a vibrating contact-type probe having a measuring force detection circuit (219) which detects a measuring force acting to the contact portion (212); a moving unit (a three-dimensional drive mechan... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316313 | Heated equipment bag This is a sports equipment bag that can be heated to provide comfort for the user of various equipment, particularly those sports involved in extremely cold temperatures, such as hockey. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316076 | Coordinate measuring device and a method for measuring the position of an object A coordinate measuring device having a probe for contacting the object (15) to be measured. The probe comprises a sensing member (18) for contacting the object (15), a support unit (13), a supporting element (25) connecting said se... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316077 | Probe for sensing the position of an object A probe (10) for a machine tool has a switch (32) or other sensor for connecting its battery power supply in response to movement of the probe. In a preferred embodiment, the switch responds to rotation of the probe in the machine tool spindle. The swi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310891 | Head for the linear dimension checking of mechanical pieces A gauging head includes a substantially closed casing, a movable arm with a first portion, partly located inside the casing and associated with a position transducer, and a second portion, outside the casing, carrying a feeler for contacting a piece to be checked, a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7284337 | Probe head for a coordinate measuring machine A probe head for a coordinate measuring machine has a stylus resiliently suspended in a housing. A sensor arrangement serves for detecting deflections of the stylus relative to the housing. The sensor arrangement comprises at least one Hall sensor having a magnet an... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281433 | Probe for three-dimensional measurements Touch probe including a fixed part (250), designed to be fastened onto a measuring machine or a machine tool, and a contact feeler (30) that is mobile and orientable on two independent axes (211, 212) along a multiplicity of directions indexed i... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275331 | Tool for indicating flushness of sunroof panel A tool for indicating the flushness between a vehicle body roof panel and a sunroof panel that is adjustably mounted within a sunroof opening of the vehicle body roof panel. The tool will signal a vehicle assembly operator in the event that the sunroof panel needs t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269911 | Touch probe A touch probe is provided, including a deflectable stylus with a rest position mechanism on which the stylus is arranged, and a housing in which the rest position mechanism is accommodated. The rest position mechanism comprises a stylus holder with carrying elements... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259749 | Touch measurement system A touch measurement system includes a touch probe for detecting touching of a workpiece by a touch probe stylus and including at least one sender for emitting an infra-red light in response to detection of the touching, and a receiving unit including a housing havin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254506 | Method of calibrating a scanning system A method of measuring an object on a coordinate positioning apparatus. A first object is placed on a coordinate positioning apparatus and measured with a workpiece contacting probe to create measurement data. The measurement data is collected at multiple stylus defl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243439 | Touch sensor A touch sensor using a Hall IC is provided. To this end, in a cantilever mechanism 15 of a parallel link by two plate springs 16, a coupling member 18 on the fixed side is fixed to a supporting block 24 which penetrates through the center... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228641 | Bearing arrangement A bearing arrangement for an articulatable support includes bearing assemblies. In one embodiment, the assemblies have a ball and aperture having sliding contact at discrete areas during relative rotation. In another embodiment, the sliding contact may be formed at ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228642 | Probe for a coordinate measuring machine A probe for a coordinate measuring machine has a stationary first part and a second part which can move relative to said first part. The second part can be a feeler pin or a feeler pin extension of the probe. A damping member for damping vibrations of the moveable s... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231277 | Surface shape determining device for a machining apparatus and surface shape determining method In a state of separating a front end face of an air injecting nozzle 23 from a worked work W by a predetermined interval h, the air injecting nozzle 23 is moved at a constant speed in an X axis direction, injects air from an injecting hole 27... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207120 | Scanning head for a measuring device A scanning head of the measuring type for a coordinate measurement system, has a fixed part, at least one part that is displaceable relative to the fixed part, and at least one damping device for damping vibrations that occur. The at least one damping device is conf... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7185440 | Sensing contact probe A sensing contact probe includes a beam support and a probe. The probe has a bent beam body that extends from the beam support to a probe tip face that has a position and faces in an angular direction. The bent beam body has first and second beam layers bonded toget... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178253 | Coordinate measuring device with a vibration damping system A coordinate measuring device having a probe comprising a stylus (14) with a sensing member (18) for contacting the object (15) to be measured, a support unit (13) to which the stylus (14) is connected through elastic means (19 | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168179 | Touch probe comprising a switch with contacts protected by inert gas A touch probe with an arm (13) coupled to a movable arm-set (3) supported in a casing (1) includes an electric switch (31) with a housing (33) fixed to the casing and a mechanical transmission device (61) for mechanically tr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159327 | Touch probe with transmission device and spring for urging the device against guide surfaces A touch probe is provided with an arm coupled to a movable arm-set and supported in a casing. The touch probe includes an electric switch with a housing fixed to the casing, and a mechanical transmission device for mechanically transmitting displacements of the arm,... | 01/09/2007 |
