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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus-Dieter Gotz, Sersheim, DE;
Otto Ruck, Pfahlheim, DE;
Assignee:
Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Heidenheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33503 ; 341 20 ;
Abstract
A coordinate measuring apparatus measures a workpiece in accordance with a measuring sequence. The apparatus has a probe unit for scanning the workpiece and a mechanical assembly for moving the probe unit in three coordinate directions (X, Y, Z). Drives are provided for driving the mechanical assembly to move the probe unit and a manually actuable control element controls the drives. A force unit superposes a force onto the control element in correspondence to specific conditions in the measuring sequence.