ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,653, issued on July 7, was assigned to MITUTOYO Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Automatic measuring apparatus and control method for the same" was invented by Masashi Yamaji (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic measuring apparatus includes a measuring device that measures a workpiece dimension by a movable element, an automatic operation part that automates the forward/backward movement of the movable element by power, and a workpiece holding part that holds the workpiece. The workpiece holding part includes a holding shaft having a length in a direction along a direction of the forward/backward movement of the mova...