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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. 11, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1999
Mitutoyo Corp., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
In a touch signal probe (,) having a stylus holder (,), a vibrator (,) supported by the stylus holder (,) and has a contact portion (,A) to contact to a workpiece at a distal end thereof, a vibrating means (,A) for vibrating the vibrator (,) in an axial direction resonantly, and a detecting means (,B) for detecting the contact by a change in the vibration of the vibrator (,) caused by the contact to the workpiece is provided. The vibrator (,) is supported by the stylus holder (,) at two support points (A) and (B) positioned with a node of vibration of the vibrator (,) therebetween. Since the vibrating means (,A) and the detecting means (,B) are disposed spanning over the two support points, the node of vibration can be formed between the support points A and B and the size of the touch signal probe (,) can be easily reduced.
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