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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. 25, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2003
Applicant:
Richard W. Henry, West Chester, OH (US);
Inventor:
Richard W. Henry, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
A.P. Fixturlaser AB, Mölndal, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/26 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring the relative positions of first and second components, comprising: mounting first and second measurement units on respective housings forming part of each component and which are rotatably arranged and infinitely adjustable thereon in respective brackets for defining first and second adjustably selected rotational axes, respectively; measuring the relative positions of the components in first and second states of operation by detecting the relative positions of those selected axes in each state of operation and producing measurement values determinative of those relative positions.