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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2003
Applicants:
Matthew Van Doren, Southbury, CT (US);
Michael Kuechel, Oberkochen, DE;
Christopher James Evans, Higganum, CT (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Van Doren, Southbury, CT (US);
Michael Kuechel, Oberkochen, DE;
Christopher James Evans, Higganum, CT (US);
Assignee:
Zygo Corporation, Middlefield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B011/02 ; G01B009/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The instant invention is a method and apparatus for the measurement, with low uncertainty, of the six degrees of freedom of a first structure relative to a second structure. The apparatus is comprised of compact, rigid, thermally stable structures. The invention uses linear displacement transducers which have no active pointing to maintain a desired orientation of the linear displacement transducers with other parts of the measurement system.