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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Sadayuki Matsumiya, Kanagawa, JP;
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A measuring probe for measuring a screw groove of a relatively movable ball screw includes a light source, an objective lens formed to correspond to the screw groove of the ball screw, arranged to be opposed to the screw groove of the ball screw in a non-contact manner, and configured to emit light from the light source to the screw groove of the ball screw, and a line sensor configured to detect an interference pattern generated by reflected light from the screw groove of the ball screw and reflected light on a surface of the objective lens. This enables high-accuracy measurement of a specified area of a shape of a side surface of a relatively movable work in a non-contact manner.