Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interchangeable reflective assembly for a chromatic range sensor optical pen
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Application No.: US14169023Application Date: 2014-01-30
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Publication No.: US09651764B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Scott Allen Harsila
- Applicant: Mitutoyo Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08 ; G02B21/00 ; G02B7/182 ; G01B21/04

Abstract:
Reflective assemblies are provided that may be attached to the end of a chromatic confocal point sensor optical pen. Each reflective assembly includes a reflective surface (e.g., a turning mirror) oriented for directing a measurement beam along a measurement axis at a selected angle relative to the central Z-axis of the optical pen. Reflective assemblies with different orientations for the measurement beams (e.g., 60 degrees, 120 degrees, etc.) allow for measurements of workpiece features that cannot be achieved with a measurement beam directed in a normal incident manner or at a standard 90 degree orientation. In one implementation, the reflective assemblies may be kinematically located and retained using magnetic coupling, and may be rotated and reseated in different rotational orientations about the central Z-axis of the optical pen. A set of such reflective assemblies greatly increases the measurement capability of a single optical pen, in an economical manner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150211850A1 INTERCHANGEABLE REFLECTIVE ASSEMBLY FOR A CHROMATIC RANGE SENSOR OPTICAL PEN Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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