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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Bernadette Baqui Qi, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard Alan Wissner, Redmond, WA (US);
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A compact coordinate measuring machine (CMM) probe configuration is provided for integrating complex circuits into a CMM probe. The CMM probe configuration includes a stylus position detection portion, a stylus suspension portion and a circuit board assembly. The stylus position detection portion includes an alignment frame and an optical sensing configuration. The circuit board assembly includes a rigid-flex circuit element and a three-dimensional carrier frame. The rigid-flex circuit element includes a set of board portions joined by a set of flexible bend portions. The rigid-flex circuit element is folded at the bend portions to locate some of the board portions to be proximate to and/or joined to corresponding support surfaces on the carrier frame. The circuit board assembly at least partially surrounds a majority of the stylus position detection portion and is joined thereto with the carrier frame fixed relative to the alignment frame.