ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,794, issued on March 31, was assigned to MITUTOYO Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Control method of an automatic inside-diameter measuring apparatus and an automatic measuring apparatus" was invented by Keita Ogawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Masashi Yamaji (Hiroshima, Japan), Yuhei Takatsu (Saitama, Japan) and Chihiro Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an inside-diameter measuring unit capable of automating inside-diameter measurement and a control method for automatic inside-diameter measurement. An inside-diameter measuring part is supported by a support frame part via a floating joint part. The floating ...