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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Israel F Helms, Coventry, RI (US);
Assignee:
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, North Kingstown, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ; G01B / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33503 ; 33 / ; 33556 ;
Abstract
A vibration damper disposed in a gantry-type coordinate measuring machine. The vibration damper includes a block having a substantial mass suspended from the moving gantry-type structure by highly energy absorbent pads having a low rebound resilience. The vibration damper is preferably spaced from the point at which the gantry-type structure is coupled to the drive therefor.