ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,736, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to GLEASON METROLOGY SYSTEMS Corp. (Dayton, Ohio).
"Automated noncontact sensor positioning" was invented by Parag Prakash Wagaj (Springboro, Ohio), Ethan James Shepherd (West Carrollton, Ohio), Michael R. Tanner (Cincinnati), Edward J. Damron (Waynesville, Ohio) and Douglas Charles Beerck (Dayton, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-axis system (30) for positioning a workpiece measuring sensor (54) on a metrology machine. Preferably, each sensor is positionable via a system comprising movement along and/or about at least linear directions/axes (X, Z, A, B) so as to control linear and/or r...