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Replaceable illumination module for a coordinate measuring machine

US9664887B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH · DE

Inventor

Thomas Engel · Aalen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2014
Grant date	May 30, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 3, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/0001
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An illumination module for a coordinate measuring machine for measuring a workpiece by means of an optical sensor, wherein the illumination module comprises a main body having a sensor side and a workpiece side, wherein the sensor side has a first interface device at least for the sensor-side coupling of the illumination module in a defined position, and wherein the illumination module comprises at least one illumination arrangement for illuminating the workpiece. Furthermore, the main body has the form of a ring having a free central region and an edge region, wherein the at least one illumination arrangement and the first interface device are arranged in the edge region.

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