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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Simon Raab, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Allen Sajedi, Winter Park, FL (US);
C. Andrew Helm, Oviedo, FL (US);
Randy Hobden, Oviedo, FL (US);
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Abstract
A portable articulated arm coordinate measurement machine is provided. The coordinate measurement machine includes a manually positionable articulated arm having opposed first and second ends. The articulated arm includes a plurality of arm segments, each including encoder configured to produce a signal corresponding to an angle of rotation. A base section is connected to the second end. A measurement probe is connected to the first end. The measurement probe receives an externally mounted sensor having an attachment ring, the measurement probe having an alignment surface and external threading. A retaining ring having internal threading is threadably receives the external threading; the retaining ring further couples the attachment ring to the surface. An electrical circuit is configured to receive the signal and to provide data corresponding to a coordinate of the externally mounted sensor, the data based at least in part on the signal.