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Modular micro optics for optical probes

US10845182B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH · CH

Inventors

Alexandre Paduch · Winterthur, CH
Thomas Jensen · Rorschach, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3624
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention include a probe body of an optical probe assembly. The probe assembly may be designed for measuring a surface of an object while being carried by a probe head of a coordinate measuring machine. The probe body comprising a coupling unit at a first end of the probe body designed for providing coupling of the probe body to the probe head of a coordinate measuring machine and a light guiding element for transmitting original source light supplied by the probe head from the coupling unit to a second end of the probe body.

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