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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Inventors:
Stephen Edward Lummes, Stroud, GB;
Mark James Andrew Holmes, Cardiff, GB;
Assignee:
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/34 (2006.01); G01B 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/34 (2013.01); G01B 21/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surface finish stylus and associated methods for a multi-directional scanning probe the stylus having an elongate stylus shaft having a longitudinal axis and one or more contact elements protruding from the elongate shaft for contacting a surface to be measured. The one or more contact elements are configured to enable measurement of surface finish during motion of the stylus shaft relative to a surface along a measurement direction that is non-parallel to the longitudinal axis. The multi-directional scanning probe may be carried by a coordinate measuring machine or machine tool.