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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/004 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/004 ;
Abstract
By combining measuring element direction constant control, rotary table radius constant scanning control, and two-flank contact control, V-groove rotary table scanning control is performed to cause the measuring element of the scanning probe to contact always with two flanks composing the V-groove of the object to be measured, so that it is possible to measure accurately the characteristic values such as pitch deviation and axial runout of side face of male threads set up and fixed on a rotary table or screw hole of the object put on the rotary table.