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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2022
Sa08700334, Grand Cayman, KY;
Allen Sajedi, Orlando, FL (US);
SA08700334, Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A coordinate measurement machine (CMM) may include a manually-positionable articulated arm including a plurality of arm segments and a plurality of rotary joints. At least one of the rotary joints includes first and second bearings and a shaft that engages the first bearing and the second bearing. The shaft may have two ends, each end configured to engage a respective one of two projections of a yoke of an adjacent another one of the rotary joints such that the two projections of the yoke straddle the first and second bearings therebetween. At least one transducer is disposed adjacent one of the two ends of the shaft, outside of the yoke, not between the first and second bearings.