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Orientable probe

US7415775B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TESA SA · CH

Inventors

Pascal Jordil · Vevey, CH
Claude Rouge · Baulmes, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 13, 2005
Grant date	Aug 26, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 13, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01B5/012
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Orientable probe (10) comprising a probe feeler (6) capable of being oriented along a plurality of indexed directions around a rotation center (O), thanks to two mobile elements (4, 5) that can turn: the first around a first axis (B) and relatively to a fixed support (3); the second around a second axis (A) and relatively to the first mobile element. The feeler (6) is fixed in a shifted position relatively to the rotation center (O).

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