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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Inventor:
Derek Marshall, Hawkesbury Upton, GB;
Assignee:
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 17/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 17/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hard-wired measurement device is mountable within an enclosure of a computer-controlled machine tool. The device includes a measurement sensor for measuring objects, such as tools, within the machine tool enclosure and a hard-wired interface module for providing an electrical connection via one or more wires with an associated external interface located outside of the machine tool enclosure. The device further includes a wireless communications module that enables wireless communication with an associated wireless device, such as a spindle probe, located within the machine tool enclosure.