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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:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Gary W. Russell, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Inventor:
Gary W. Russell, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Assignee:
Hexagon Metrology, AB, Naka Strand, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B005/008 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The number and weight of wires interconnecting a host and/or controller with a precision measurement assembly is reduced using a common or shared bus. The bus may be entirely electrical or may include optical fibers to reduce EMI susceptibillty. A custom bus or a known serial network bus such as CAN or SIRCOS may be used.