US Patent Issued to Hexagon Metrology on Jan. 28 for "Implementing specific hardware to follow an efficient measurement protocol" (Rhode Island Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,857, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Hexagon Metrology Inc. (North Kingstown, R.I.).

"Implementing specific hardware to follow an efficient measurement protocol" was invented by Paul Racine (Providence, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method measures an object having a feature. The feature has a plurality of profiles each having a surface. The method provides a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) having a wrist coupled with a measuring prob. The probe has a tolerance angle with respect to a surface normal of a surface to be measured. The wrist has a first given orientation that is adjustable to a second given orientation. The...