Patent ID: 8028432
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G01B,G05B

Abstract:
1. A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) for measuring coordinates of an object in space, comprising: a manually positionable articulated arm portion having an opposed first end and second end, the arm portion including a plurality of connected arm segments, each arm segment including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal; a measurement device attached to the first end; an electronic circuit which receives the position signal from the at least one position transducer and provides data corresponding to a position of the measurement device; a base rotatably coupled to the second end, the base having a flange on one side; a mounting device including: a body having a first opening therethrough with a lip disposed on one side, the lip being sized to engage the flange, a portion of the first opening having a thread; and a first arm rotationally coupled to the body and arranged to rotate in a first direction between a first position and a second position.