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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7877894 | Digital displacement measuring instrument A digital displacement measuring instrument includes a spindle screwed into a body to be axially advanced and retracted relative to the body; and an encoder that detects a displacement of the spindle. The encoder includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor is supported... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7484314 | Micrometer screw gauge with non-rotating measuring screw A micrometer screw gauge comprises a divided measuring spindle. The gauge's front part representing the measuring screw is secured in a torque-proof manner in a guide element. The rear section configured as a threaded spindle has the same diameter. In so doing, it i... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7159440 | Tool evaluation calibrator and method To calibrate a tool evaluator having a first sensor, where this first sensor is operable to sense a force and transmit a first signal associated with the sensed force, a second sensor is disposed within the tool evaluator. This second sensor is operable to sense the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7111413 | Precision distance-measuring instrument A distance measuring instrument has a measuring axis; a measuring spindle disposed rotatably and shiftably in a housing such that a rotary motion of the measuring spindle results in a corresponding shift of the measuring spindle along the measuring axis; a stationar... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7043852 | Measuring instrument A measuring instrument that includes a tube 21 having a female thread 211 and a spindle 3 having a lead screw 31 screwing with the female thread 211 and capable of being advanced and retracted in an axial direction along with rotat... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7013576 | Measuring device using multi-start threaded spindle Provided is a measuring device 1 for measuring the size of an object comprising a body 2, and a spindle 3 which is screwed into the body 2 and axially advances and retracts by screwing with respect to the body 2, the measurement be... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6971273 | Tool evaluation system and method A tool is evaluated in response to a member of the tool being moved from a first position to a second position. In this evaluation, a first force is applied to the member. The first force is operable to move the member from the first position to the second position.... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6519867 | Measuring device A micrometer comprising a thimble made, at least in part, of a translucent material, a vernier scale on an inner circumference of the thimble along the circumferential direction and a vernier numeral on an outer circumference of the thimble along the circ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6505414 | Comparator A comparator (1) has: a frame (2); a spindle and an anvil (4) supported by the frame (2) to be advanceable and retractable in the axial direction thereof; a biaser (39) for biasing the anvil (4) toward the spindle; a release (6) for retracting the anvil r... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6463671 | Micrometer A thimble (5) and a spindle (4) are rotated through a first constant-force device (70) by rotating an operation sleeve (6) integrally having a first operation section (61) and a second operation section (62). When a more than predetermined load is applied... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6308433 | Micrometer that holds displayed displacement when retraction amount is less than a set amount A minimum value renewal holder (33) for renewing and displaying a detected value (D) detected by a displacement sensor (9) on a display (10) when a spindle is moving in an advancing direction relative to an anvil and for holding a displayed value on the d... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6260286 | Micrometer A micrometer includes: a main body having an anvil at one end thereof, a spindle having a screwed portion engaging an opposite end of the main body and being displaceable in an axial direction and with respect to the anvil in conjunction with rotation of ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6243965 | Electronic micrometer The electronic micrometer includes a casing defining at least an internal volume, in which are disposed a sleeve having an at least partially threaded inner surface. A screw is engaged in this sleeve and is able to be put in rotation with respect to the s... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6219932 | Clip-on micrometer table An accessory for aligning items parallel to the measurement axis of an outside micrometer, comprising: a platform, having a flat surface bisected by a depressed channel, the platform including a first cylindrical ring disposed at one end of the channel, t... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6178658 | Micrometer An inside of a U-shaped frame of a micrometer is made of a material having a smaller linear thermal expansion coefficient than an outside of the U-shaped configuration. Furthermore, a spindle can be made of a material having an extremely small linear ther... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6176021 | Micrometer A micrometer includes a main body holding an anvil at one end portion and a spindle at the other end portion through an inner sleeve is formed with a frame which is made by placing a pair of frame elements, which are formed by bending metal plates, one up... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6115934 | Micrometer, method for manufacturing cylindrical component for micrometer A thimble 61 formed with graduations 65 and numerals 67 on the outer circumference thereof at predetermined intervals is molded by double-color molding using two kinds of resin 62, 63 with different colors. After a molding product having the graduations 6... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5829155 | Micrometer A main scale graduation, an auxiliary scale graduation or the like provided in a conventional micrometer is omitted, and a thimble 71 is provided at a regular position in the axial direction of the spindle 61 through a sleeve 51 in a frame 1 to rotate abo... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5596813 | Measuring instrument with diamond coated contacts Precision measuring instruments having highly parallel and wear-resistant contact members and a method for fabricating these contact areas are disclosed. The measuring instruments preferably include two contact members each having diamond coated ceramic s... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5469629 | Brake rotor thickness measurement gage A gage includes an elongate support arm at the end of a bar on which there is mounted a measurement and display module. A sliding anvil arm is spaced from the bar in parallel relationship and mounted on the module for sliding movements therewith on the ba... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5463818 | Wide-width micrometer and method of using the same A device for measuring a dimension of an object includes a platform with a contact surface and a measuring device. An object to be measured is placed on the platform between the contact surface and the measuring device and held flat by a clamping wedge. I... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5421101 | Dedicated crimp measuring gauge The measurement tool of the present invention includes a movable spindle and an anvil between which the object to be measured is placed. The anvil is formed to have opposing sloping edges leading to an anvil measurement apex, and the spindle is formed to ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 4986323 | Adjustable stop apparatus Apparatus, having a principal body portion which is in the form of a box-like configuration, and a screw member threadably engaged into a port in the face of the body portion. The screw member includes a four flat sided body portion on its end, with a por... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4550507 | Thread construction in length measuring instrument and method for manufacturing thread construction A thread construction of a length measuring instrument wherein a spindle is provided by forming out of a ceramic material an externally threaded portion on the outer peripheral surface thereof. A plurality of externally threaded pieces are cut from an ext... | 11/05/1985 |
