US Patent Issued to Renishaw on July 14 for "Method for measuring non-toothed tools using a non-contact tool setter" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,907, issued on July 14, was assigned to Renishaw PLC (Wotton-under-Edge, Great Britain).

"Method for measuring non-toothed tools using a non-contact tool setter" was invented by Samuel David Hoyle (Bristol, Great Britain), Benjamin Jason Merrifield (Bristol, Great Britain), Stephen Lindsey Tocknell (Stroud, Great Britain) and Paul Andrews (Tewkesbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved method is described for measuring a dimension (e.g. diameter) of a non-toothed tool, for example a grinding tool such as a diamond coated burr. The method may be implemented on a machine tool, such as a lathe, machining centre or ...