US Patent Issued to MITUTOYO on Nov. 3 for "Coordinate measuring machine and in-line measurement system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,113, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MITUTOYO Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Coordinate measuring machine and in-line measurement system" was invented by Kazuhiko Hidaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A production line in which a workpiece is conveyed through a conveyance path and machined with a machine tool is provided with a coordinate measuring machine capable of measuring the workpiece subjected to machining with the machine tool, whereby an in-line measurement system is provided. The coordinate measuring machine includes: a measuring machine body located beside the machine tool; a support extending from the measuring machine...