ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,279, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to QUALITY VISION INTERNATIONAL INC. (Rochester, N.Y.).
"Interposer tool for shaft measurement" was invented by Brian Deane (Rochester, N.Y.), Edward T. Polidor (Rochester, N.Y.) and Will Smith (Marlborough, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for an optical based measurement machine for measuring a surface of a workpiece fixed to a rotational axis for rotation about the rotational axis, the apparatus comprising a probe configured for movement traverse to the rotational axis, the probe further configured to contact the surface of the workpiece in rotation about the rotational axis, a...