Patent International Class: G01B 21/4

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Method and apparatus for providing a cursor control interface with force feedback
Inventor: Rosenberg, et al. | Patent Number: 5701140

Performing measurement or calibration on positioning machines
Inventor: McMurtry | Patent Number: 5681981

Performing measurement or calibration on positioning machines
Inventor: McMurtry | Patent Number: 5681981

Telemetric spacial data recorder
Inventor: Lefebvre | Patent Number: 5675514

Accuracy verification devices for coordinate measuring machines
Inventor: Dai, et al. | Patent Number: 5671541

Trigger probe circuit
Inventor: Collingwood | Patent Number: 5669151

Method of improving accuracy of touch trigger probe
Inventor: Shen, et al. | Patent Number: 5657549

Method for calibrating a coordinate measuring apparatus having two pivot axes
Inventor: Herzog, et al. | Patent Number: 5649368

Automatic ball bar for a coordinate measuring machine
Inventor: Jostlein | Patent Number: 5647136

Coordinate measuring system
Inventor: Gerlach | Patent Number: 5646732

Probe head for coordinate measuring apparatus with damping and clamping features
Inventor: Ruck, et al. | Patent Number: 5623766

Three dimensional coordinate measuring apparatus
Inventor: Raab | Patent Number: 5611147

Method for coordinate measurement on workpieces adjusted for bending of measuring apparatus structure
Inventor: Trapet, et al. | Patent Number: 5610846

Method for correcting coordinate measurement on workpieces based on bending characteristics
Inventor: Bernhardt, et al. | Patent Number: 5594668

Method and device for the correction of measurement errors due to vibrations in coordinate measuring devices
Inventor: Ebersbach, et al. | Patent Number: 5579246

Electromechanical human-computer interface with force feedback
Inventor: Rosenberg, et al. | Patent Number: 5576727

Apparatus and method for measuring ball grid arrays
Inventor: Beaty | Patent Number: 5574668

Method for positioning a work piece carrier member in a machining apparatus and a work piece carrier member adapted to be positioned in a machining apparatus
Inventor: Obrist | Patent Number: 5558784

Measuring apparatus for checking the dimensions of cylindrical workpieces
Inventor: Ertl, et al. | Patent Number: 5542188

Vibration damper for coordinate measuring machine
Inventor: Carrier, et al. | Patent Number: 5535524

Long range sliding ball bar test gage
Inventor: Callaghan, Jr. | Patent Number: 5533271

Position-marking method for a machine that measures in three dimensions, and apparatus for implementing the method
Inventor: Granger, et al. | Patent Number: 5528505

Coordinate measurement machine having a probe head and an electronic system for processing probe signals
Inventor: Fuchs, et al. | Patent Number: 5526576

System and method for determining airfoil characteristics from coordinate measuring machine probe center data
Inventor: Ostrowski, et al. | Patent Number: 5521847

Method and apparatus for measuring features of a part or item
Inventor: Raab | Patent Number: 5510977

Calibration method for determining and compensating differences of measuring forces in different coordinate directions in a multi-coordinate scanning system
Inventor: Stettner, et al. | Patent Number: 5501096

Method for automatically establishing a wafer coordinate system
Inventor: Uritsky, et al. | Patent Number: 5497007

Method of controlling a coordinate measuring apparatus
Inventor: Georgi, et al. | Patent Number: 5491638

Vehicle ride height measurement apparatus and method
Inventor: Dale, et al. | Patent Number: 5490092

Automated artefact handling system for machine tools
Inventor: McMurtry, et al. | Patent Number: 5478300

Method of measuring elemental shapes of a workpiece on a coordinate measuring machine
Inventor: Breyer, et al. | Patent Number: 5471406

Method of and an apparatus for measuring surface contour
Inventor: Abe, et al. | Patent Number: 5467289

Coordinate measuring machine and method of measuring therein
Inventor: Yoshida | Patent Number: 5434803

Coordinate measuring machine certification system
Inventor: Vander Wal, III | Patent Number: 5430948

Measurement instrument with interferometer and method
Inventor: Ziegert, et al. | Patent Number: 5428446

Method and apparatus for inspecting parts for dimensional accuracy outside a laboratory environment
Inventor: Shelton | Patent Number: 5426861

Method for coordinate measurement of workpieces
Inventor: Breyer | Patent Number: 5425180

Method of constructing a 3-dimensional map of a measurable quantity using three dimensional coordinate measuring apparatus
Inventor: Raab | Patent Number: 5412880

Method and apparatus for measuring sleeping positions
Inventor: Raab | Patent Number: 5408754

Touch probe
Inventor: Hajdukiewicz, et al. | Patent Number: 5404649

Three dimensional coordinate measuring apparatus
Inventor: Raab | Patent Number: 5402582

Rectification of a laser pointing device
Inventor: Trepagnier | Patent Number: 5400132

Datuming device for measuring displacements not parallel with a displacement probe's line of travel
Inventor: Hemmerle, et al. | Patent Number: 5373222

Air bearing control system
Inventor: Russell | Patent Number: 5347723

Coordinate measuring machine test standard apparatus and method
Inventor: Bieg | Patent Number: 5341574

Touch probe
Inventor: Hajdukiewicz, et al. | Patent Number: 5327657

Artifact and method for verifying accuracy of a positioning apparatus
Inventor: Watts | Patent Number: 5313410

Dimensional quality control method for cast parts
Inventor: Girard, et al. | Patent Number: 5311784

Machine stand, particularly for so-called coordinate measuring machines, and a method for constructing the stand
Inventor: Pettersson | Patent Number: 5287629

Signal transmission system for trigger probe
Inventor: Gonzalez, et al. | Patent Number: 5279042

Signal transmission system for trigger probe
Inventor: Gonzalez, et al. | Patent Number: 5279042

Test specimens composed of rod segments for co-ordinate measuring instruments
Inventor: Waeldele, et al. | Patent Number: 5269067

Calibration and measurement device
Inventor: Chapman, et al. | Patent Number: 5259120

Machine tool measurement methods
Inventor: McMurtry | Patent Number: 5257460

Touch probe
Inventor: Ohya, et al. | Patent Number: 5247751

System for measuring vector coordinates
Inventor: Vilches, et al. | Patent Number: 5245555

Calibration device
Inventor: McMurtry, et al. | Patent Number: 5214857

Coordinate measurement and inspection methods and apparatus
Inventor: Farzan, et al. | Patent Number: 5198990

Method of and apparatus for scanning the surface of a workpiece
Inventor: McMurtry, et al. | Patent Number: 5189806

Coordinate measuring machine with protected origin point blocks
Inventor: Takahashi, et al. | Patent Number: 5187874

Coordinate measuring machine with protected origin point blocks
Inventor: Takahashi, et al. | Patent Number: 5187874

Method and a device for checking fixtures used in machines or stations in production lines or installations
Inventor: Alborante | Patent Number: 5159844

Coordinate measuring system
Inventor: McDonald | Patent Number: 5148377

Optical lens pattern making system and method
Inventor: Logan, et al. | Patent Number: 5139373

Method and apparatus to correct for gravitational sag in the articulated mounting of a probe in a coordinate-measuring machine
Inventor: Debitsch, et al. | Patent Number: 5138563

Geometric simulator for coordinate measuring machine
Inventor: Baker | Patent Number: 5134781

Vertical/horizontal measuring apparatus and procedure for its use
Inventor: Weber | Patent Number: 5131166

Analogue probe calibration
Inventor: Powley | Patent Number: 5125261

Stationary gantry for a precision coordinate measuring instrument
Inventor: Schalz, et al. | Patent Number: 5119566

Measuring method of machine tool accuracy using a computer aided kinematic transducer link and its apparatus
Inventor: Park | Patent Number: 5111590

Probing device for a coordinate measuring apparatus
Inventor: Breyer | Patent Number: 5065526

Accuracy testing device
Inventor: Burdekin | Patent Number: 5052115

Specimen coordinate automated measuring machine/fiducial automated measuring machine
Inventor: Hedglen, et al. | Patent Number: 5050112

Coordinate measuring machine with vibration dampening system
Inventor: Helms | Patent Number: 5042162

Electro optically corrected coordinate measuring machine
Inventor: Sadeh, et al. | Patent Number: 5035503

Probing device for a coordinate measuring apparatus
Inventor: Breyer | Patent Number: 5014444

Method of and apparatus for calibration of machines
Inventor: Taylor, et al. | Patent Number: 5007006

Scales for position determining apparatus having marks of different amplitudes thereon
Inventor: Chaney, et al. | Patent Number: 5004982

Three-dimensional measurement apparatus
Inventor: Takakusagi, et al. | Patent Number: 4997274

Workpiece inspection method
Inventor: McMurtry | Patent Number: 4991304

Method for determining positional errors and for compensating for such errors, and apparatus for carrying out the method
Inventor: Soderberg, et al. | Patent Number: 4982504

Optical or laser ball target assemblies for precision location measurements
Inventor: Morghen | Patent Number: 4964218

Calibration-test member for a coordinate-measuring instrument
Inventor: Zeller, et al. | Patent Number: 4962591

Coordinate measuring machine with vibration damper
Inventor: Helms | Patent Number: 4958437

Flexible CNC-multiposition measuring installation
Inventor: Weckenmann, et al. | Patent Number: 4953306

Combined scale and interferometer
Inventor: McMurtry, et al. | Patent Number: 4950079

Method for determining position within the measuring volume of a coordinate measuring machine and the like and system therefor
Inventor: Bell, et al. | Patent Number: 4945501

Position determination apparatus
Inventor: McMurtry, et al. | Patent Number: 4932131

Method for profiling wafers and for locating dies thereon
Inventor: Smyth, Jr. | Patent Number: 4914601

Coordinate measuring and testing machine
Inventor: Gurny | Patent Number: 4908951

Coordinate measuring instrument and method of generating pattern data concerning shape of work to be measured
Inventor: Iwano, et al. | Patent Number: 4901253

Testing device and method of determining the uncertainty of measurement of coordinate-measuring instruments
Inventor: Zeller, et al. | Patent Number: 4884348

Checking the setting of a tool
Inventor: McMurtry | Patent Number: 4879817

Datuming of analogue measurement probes
Inventor: Jarman | Patent Number: 4875177

Method for automatic compensation of probe offset in a coordinate measuring machine
Inventor: Dutler | Patent Number: 4866643

Method and means for controlling a coordinate-measuring instrument
Inventor: Breyer, et al. | Patent Number: 4835718

Method and apparatus for the tridimensional measuring of an object
Inventor: Braman, et al. | Patent Number: 4833630

Method and apparatus for register correction
Inventor: Wieland | Patent Number: 4827626

Vision metrology system
Inventor: Beamish, et al. | Patent Number: 4825394

Method of measuring rotary-table deviations
Inventor: Kunzmann, et al. | Patent Number: 4819339

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