Patent ID: 11885770
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A tool comprising:
a cage comprising an upper ring, a lower ring, and a plurality of beams connecting the upper ring to the lower ring;
a socket ring affixed to the cage and comprising a plurality of sockets;
a plurality of balls respectively arranged in the plurality of sockets and protruding below a plane of a bottom surface of the socket ring;
a measurement probe having a contact portion; and
a plunger/retainer subassembly that retains the measurement probe in a central position relative to the cage, the plunger/retainer subassembly being displaceable relative to the cage from a starting position at which the contact portion of the measurement probe projects downward and lower than the cage.