Ergonomic mobile controller for coordinate measuring machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11085751-B2
Application number	US-201916679987-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2019
Priority date	Nov 11, 2019
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide a mobile CMM jogbox that includes one or more ergonomic apparatuses configured and disposed to allow a CMM operator to hold and operate the jogbox, while avoiding or mitigating the fatigue of an operator using the jogbox.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cradle comprising:
a base configured to rest on a flat surface;
a nest suspended from the base, the nest configured to receive a jogbox and removably couple the jogbox to the cradle; and
a set of grasping apertures, each grasping aperture configured to receive a hand of an operator to allow fingers to reach a backface of a jogbox in the nest and to lift the jogbox out of the nest.

2. The cradle of claim 1 , further comprising:
a set of sidewalls extending between the base and the cradle, the set of sidewalls suspending the cradle from the base.

3. The cradle of claim 1 , wherein at least one grasping aperture of the set of grasping apertures is configured to allow the hand of the operator to reach and activate a backside button of a jogbox while the jogbox is secured in the nest.

4. The cradle of claim 1 further comprising an input electrical interface configured to receive electrical power and communication signals.

5. The cradle of claim 4 further comprising an output electrical interface configured to provide electrical power and communication signals to a jogbox secured in the nest.

Assignees

• Hexagon Metrology Inc

Inventors

• Kocic Milan

Classifications

• G05G1/01

  Arrangements of two or more controlling members with respect to one another (double foot control, e.g. for instruction vehicles G05G1/34; mounting units comprising an assembly with two or more pedals G05G1/36) · CPC title

• G05G9/047

  the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks {(for switches H01H25/04)} · CPC title

• G01B21/047 Primary

  Accessories, e.g. for positioning, for tool-setting, for measuring probes · CPC title

• G01B5/008

  using coordinate measuring machines · CPC title

• G01B5/0002 Primary

  Arrangements for supporting, fixing or guiding the measuring instrument or the object to be measured · CPC title