Patent ID: 6920697
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: B23Q,B25J,G01B,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A portable coordinate measurement machine (CMM) for measuring the position of an object in a selected volume, comprising: a manually positionable articulated arm having opposed first and second ends, said arm including a plurality of jointed arm segments, each arm including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal; a measurement probe attached to said first end of said articulated arm, said measurement probe having a housing; an electronic circuit which receives the position signals from the transducers and provides a digital coordinate corresponding to the position of the probe in a selected volume; a touch trigger probe assembly permanently installed onto said housing of said measurement probe; and a hard probe attachable to said housing of said measurement probe, said hard probe covering at least a portion of said touch trigger probe assembly.