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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoshi Koga, Tsukuba, JP;
Nobuhisa Nishioki, Tsukuba, JP;
Assignee:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A reseat system of a touch signal probe includes a fixed component, a movable component, a pair of hard balls provided on the fixed component, a cylindrical body provided on the movable component for abutting the hard balls, and a piezoelectric element for relatively sliding the hard balls and the cylindrical body. Since an outer circumference of the cylindrical body has conic shape, both a contact point on the cylindrical body and a contact point on a hard ball change position thereof during relative slide movement.