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Optical probe with crash protection and probe clips

US10458450B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Hexagon Metrology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Gurpreet Singh · Alwar, IN
Paul Racine · Providence, US
John Langlais · West Greenwich, US
Jie Zheng · Mansfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 2017
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 11, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01B21/047
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A probe head of a coordinate measuring machine (‘CMM”) includes a sensor to detect impact of the probe head with a foreign object. The probe head is movably coupled to the CMM such that the sensor detects motion of the probe head relative to a portion of the CMM resulting from an impact event. Some embodiments cause the CMM to take action in response to detecting an impact. Probe clips allow adjustment of the position of a CMM probe relative to the portion of the CMM from which the probe is suspended. This allows the position and orientation of the CMM probe to be adapted to a variety of applications.

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