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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146263 | Ergonomic vernier caliper base A bench top vernier caliper clamp includes a weighted base supporting a vertically extending section having a lower end integral with said base. An angle plate is removably secured to the vertically extending section adjacent a distal end of its vertically extending... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7997001 | Telescopic ball bar gauge The telescopic ball bar gauge provides a pair of movable test measuring points that are spaced apart a known distance so that the points may be contacted by a machine probe of a coordinate measuring machine or the like to generate test data. This allows varying inac... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7735237 | Versatile caliper mounting and measurement accessory Several caliper accessories are provided that make a conventional caliper suitable for more sophisticated applications traditionally reserved for more expensive measurement devices. One of these accessories, a magnetic caliper mounting device, has a shallow scale-ba... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7600328 | System and method for measuring flake thickness An automated system for accurately measuring the thickness of a sample quantity of small items such as oat flakes. The system picks individual oat flakes from a hopper using a vacuum and passes them between two precision rollers. One roller is fixed and has vacuum p... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7426789 | Universal measuring apparatus and associated methods A measuring apparatus for measuring an object includes a base member including a portion having a medial cavity and an extendible member that slidably engages the medial cavity of the base member. The extendible member includes a medial member having a mid point ind... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421794 | Device and method for measuring an animal's mouth A device and method for measuring the mouth of an animal are provided. The device includes a gripping handle and rod coupled to a first endpiece. The rod is threaded along at least part of its length. The device includes a second endpiece that includes a threaded ho... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7373735 | Device and method for rapid hardware sizing A device and method for rapid hardware sizing includes a ruler-like body having a fixed end and a distal end, a fixed jaw at the fixed end, and a sliding jaw opposite the fixed jaw being slidably connected to the body such that the sliding jaw slides there along fro... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7347002 | Barrel measuring device A barrel measuring device for accurate measurement of all internal dimensions and barrel wall thickness of a gun, tube, pipe or cylinder is comprised of a fixed probe transversely attached to a cross member at a distal end. A second probe transversely attached to a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328520 | Gage for measuring diameters A gage for measuring a diameter of a workpiece has a pair of parallel spaced apart side rails. A pair of block sets is mounted between the side rails and spaced apart from each other. A pair of arms extends transverse to the rails through mating profiles in the bloc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7246450 | Electronic device for measuring conductive fasteners An electronic device includes a housing that has front and side faces. The side face has a linear shape provided with a longitudinal length smaller than a diameter of the front face. Coextensively shaped top and bottom conductive clamps are coupled to the side face ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231726 | Measuring instrument cover and measuring instrument A cover body (100), formed of an elastic member for covering a slider body (510) of a caliper, is provided with concavities and convexities (112) on the inner surface thereof and concavities and convexities (103) on the outer surface ther... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207121 | Digital measurement system A digital measurement system is provided for an apparatus including first and second parts that are positionally adjustable relative to one another, the first part having a base surface and the second part being selectively adjustable toward and away from the base s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7194819 | Opposed type fulcrum member of lever detector An opposed type fulcrum member of a lever detector is constituted by a main body part having a U-shaped section and thin-walled parts each formed in opposed positions of two sides of the main body part, and two ends of the U-shaped main body part can rock, with the ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7122989 | Multiple speed mover assembly A mover assembly (16) that moves or positions an object (12) includes a mover output (226), an actuator (230), and a control system (18). The mover output (226) is connected to the object (12), and the actuator (23... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7103987 | Length measuring apparatus A slider or a slide shoe for maintaining an interval between a scale and the slider is provided with inclined faces for excluding a foreign matter on a scale face or a sliding guide face at both ends of the slider in a moving direction thereof or at both ends of the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096553 | Piston ring sizing device A device (10) adapted to position a ring (R) in the bore (B) of a cylinder (C) so that the ring (R) is perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder (C) includes a first segment (11) and a second segment (12). The first segment (11) has a ton... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093373 | Displacement measuring instrument A displacement measuring instrument (1) has a spindle (25) penetrating a gauge body (11) to be slidably supported relative to the gauge body (11) to be displaced and a lifting lever (20) manipulated from the outside for forcibly sh... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7076886 | Slide caliper assembly and method of use A slide caliper assembly comprises a caliper including a shaft defining a gaging surface. A first jaw is coupled to and a second jaw is slidably coupled to the shaft. Each jaw defines a gaging surface. One of the jaws is adjustably pivotable relative to the shaft ab... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070375 | Clamping fastener grip length indicator A temporary fastener includes a grip length indicator. By machining a flattened area into a body of the temporary fastener, by engraving an scale into the flattened area, and by attaching an indicator dot visible in the groove to a moving part of an internal assembl... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7043850 | Transparent measuring device with seam allowance guide A transparent measuring device having a planar structure, a plurality of markings, at least one window, and a seam allowance guide. The planar structure has an upper surface and a lower surface, and the markings are formed on the lower surface of the planar structur... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6990746 | Slide calipers A slide caliper includes an elongated shaft defining a gaging surface for abutting against a first surface of an object to be measured. A first jaw is coupled to the shaft and defines a gaging surface for abutting against a second surface of the object. A second jaw... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6973739 | Rigger-spread measuring instruments An instrument for measuring rigger-spread of a boat has an elongate casing 1 for support athwartships of the boat with a shoulder 2 of the casing 1 abutting the outside of the gunwale 4 opposite the rigger 5 and a slidingly-adjusta... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6957498 | Brake drum caliper A brake drum caliper is disclosed having a beam and two jaws for measuring the inside diameter of a cylinder, with the improvement of limit stops on each jaw for accurately measuring diameter of the cylinder in at least two depths from the top of the cylinder. ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957499 | Depthometer A depthometer for measuring a length of an elongate line. A main wheel is mounted upon a main body component and is in communication with a registering mechanism. Line guides are mounted upon a lower body component. An inner handle connected to the main body compone... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6953313 | Self-locking linear adjustment mechanism A self-locking linear adjustment mechanism may be configured in the form of a rod assembly or a cartridge assembly. The self-locking linear adjustment mechanism in the form of a cartridge assembly includes a self-locking linear adjustment mechanism including a locki... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6931751 | Methods and apparatus for securing components for inspection A method enables a component to be secured for inspection. The method comprises providing a tool including a first clamping member and a second clamping member coupled to a guide rail assembly, fixedly securing the first clamping member to the guide rail assembly, s... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6907671 | Equisect span divider The present invention provides a measurement apparatus particularly suited for layout work. More specifically, the present invention is useful for taking a single measurement of a span or object, dividing the measured length into a desired number of equal segments, ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6879653 | Method and device for measuring the diameter of a peripheral rod in a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor The diameter of a segment of a peripheral rod in a fuel assembly is measured between two successive spacer grids. A measuring tool is positioned at a level situated between the two successive spacer grids, the tool comprising two measuring fingers that are free to m... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6860025 | Measurement of container wall thickness Apparatus for measuring wall thickness of a container having an open mouth includes a gauge indicator mounted on a support base, and having a first tip and a readout that provides an indication of position of the first tip. A probe arm includes a rod mounted on the ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6782635 | Measurement gauge having extensions A pair of extensions for a gauge for measuring objects is disclosed. Various construction details are developed that provide extensions that may be used to determine the size of objects, such as gemstones, that are embedded within a structure and not accessible by c... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6739068 | Pliers with jaw spacing and load measuring readings A pliers with two handles and two jaw portions, all pivoted together. Two readable combinations, each having a scale and a pointer, are on the handles to respectively reveal the amount of pivot and the force applied to a workpiece. A parallel linkage assembly can be... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6647637 | Use of magneto-resistive sensors for borehole logging A downhole caliper instrument utilizing a linear or arcuate magneto resistive sensor to determine the position of one or more caliper arms which extend from a carrier tool to touch the surface of a borehole wall. A processor and firmware are included to c... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6594915 | Caliper and caliper grip A caliper has a main scale (1) having an inside-measuring jaw (2) and an outside-measuring jaw (3) and a slider (11) having an inside-measuring jaw (12) and an outside-measuring jaw (13) further includes a tube-shaped grip (30) provided on an end of the m... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6560889 | Use of magneto-resistive sensors for borehole logging A downhole caliper instrument utilizing a magneto resistive sensor to determine the position of a caliper arm which extends to touch the surface of the borehole wall.... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6546634 | Compass cutter A compass cutter has a main body fastened with an extension rod which is connected with a slidable seat slidable along the extension rod. The main body is further provided with a locating block, a protective cover, a blade, a fixation block, and an insert... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6508009 | Gemstone measurement apparatus An improved gemstone measuring apparatus includes a pair of linearly aligned measurement flanges used to determine the linear dimensions of a gemstone alone a plurality of axes. One of the measurement flanges is linearly moveable relative to the other. A ... | 01/21/2003 |
