Measurement device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11859969-B2
Application number	US-202217976612-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2022
Priority date	Apr 30, 2020
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

A measurement device includes: a probe part including a probe configured to measure a surface of an object to be measured and is attached so as to swing around a swing center according to a shape of the surface of the object to be measured; a scale configured to measure displacement by swinging of the probe part; a scale head configured to read a scale mark of the scale; and an arm part to which the probe part is attached, the arm part is attached so as to swing around the swing center integrally with the probe part, and the scale is attached to the arm part. When thermal expansion coefficients of the probe part, the arm part and the scale are α, β and γ respectively, the measurement device satisfies a condition of (α+γ)−1/2α≤β≤(α+γ)+1/2α.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A measurement device comprising:
a probe part including a probe configured to measure a surface of an object to be measured and is attached so as to swing around a swing center according to a shape of the surface of the object to be measured;
a scale configured to measure displacement by swinging of the probe part;
a scale head configured to read a scale mark of the scale; and
an arm part to which the probe part is attached, the arm part being attached so as to swing around the swing center integrally with the probe part, and the scale being attached to the arm part,
wherein, when thermal expansion coefficients of the probe part, the arm part and the scale are α, β and γ respectively, the measurement device satisfies a condition of
(α+γ)−1/2α≤β≤(α+γ)+1/2α.

2. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein
the thermal expansion coefficients of the probe part, the arm part and the scale satisfy a condition of β=α+γ.

3. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein
the scale is a circular arc scale formed in a circular arc shape along a swing direction of the arm part.

4. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the probe part, the arm part and the scale is formed of a plurality of members having different thermal expansion coefficients, and
materials and lengths of the plurality of members are adjusted so as to satisfy the condition.

5. A measurement device comprising:
a probe part including a probe configured to measure a surface of an object to be measured and attached so as to swing around a swing center according to a shape of the surface of the object to be measured;
a scale configured to measure displacement by swinging of the probe part;
a scale head configured to read a scale mark of the scale;
an arm part to which the probe part is attached, the arm part being attached so as to swing around the swing center integrally with the probe part, and the scale being attached to the arm part;
a temperature sensor configured to measure an ambient temperature; and
a controller configured to calculate actual displacement x T of a distal end part of the probe part by following expressions, when thermal expansion coefficients of the probe part, the arm part and the scale are α, β and γ respectively, a measured value of displacement of the distal end part of the probe part is x F , and a change amount of the ambient temperature when measuring the measured value x F is ΔT,
x T =c XF
c =(1+αΔ T )/{1+(β—γ)Δ T}.

Assignees

• Tokyo Seimitsu Co Ltd

Inventors

• Morii Hideki
• Inoue Takuya

Classifications

• G01B5/0014 Primary

  due to temperature (on machine tools B23Q11/0003) · CPC title

• G01B3/004

  Scales; Graduations · CPC title

• G01B3/563

  Protractors (for use in geodesy G01C1/00; protractor heads for drawing machines B43L13/08) · CPC title

• G01B5/14

  for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced apertures (G01B5/24 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01B5/20

  for measuring contours or curvatures · CPC title