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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Hiroshima, JP;
Hidetaka Nishida, Hiroshima, JP;
THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A distance measuring apparatus includes a reference member that is installed on a surface of a first metal member; a range finder that measures a distance to the reference member; and a mounting member to which the range finder is placed. The mounting member is installed on a surface of a second metal member coupled to the first metal member via a weld. One of the mounting member and the range finder includes first and second protruding parts. The other thereof includes first and second fitting holes into which the first and the second protruding parts are fit, respectively, such that the range finder is mounted to the mounting member, and first and second pressing members that press the first and second protruding parts from first and second directions toward inner side surfaces of the first and second fitting holes, respectively.