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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventor:
Richard G. Marsh, Lugoff, SC (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/008 (2006.01); G01B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for measuring a physical parameter of a gear. The system and method includes moving a contact probe into a start position on the pitch circle of the gear in a gap between adjacent teeth. The contact probe is moved in a path substantially along the pitch circle of the gear until the contact probe contacts the flank of one of the adjacent gear teeth at a contact point. Spatial coordinates of the contact point are determined. A measurement of a physical parameter of the gear is determined based on the spatial coordinates of the contact point.