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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:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2006
Applicants:
John Styles, Bristol, GB;
Martin Adrian Woollett, Bristol, GB;
Tim Prestidge, Bath, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Renishaw PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/008 (2006.01); G01B 7/012 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A measurement probe (), such as a touch trigger or analogue probe, is described that comprises a deflectable stylus portion () and a wireless communications unit () for transmitting stylus deflection data to a remote probe interface (). The wireless communications unit () is arranged to transmit digital data packets comprising stylus deflection data and a probe identity code. The wireless communications unit () allows said probe identity code to be set by a user. The measurement probe () may communicate with an associated probe interface () over a radio frequency (RF) spread spectrum link ().