US Patent Issued to Renishaw on Oct. 20 for "Non-contact tool setting apparatus and method for moving tool along tool inspection path" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,643, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Renishaw PLC (Wotton-under-Edge, Great Britain).

"Non-contact tool setting apparatus and method for moving tool along tool inspection path" was invented by William Ernest Lee (Hillesley, Great Britain) and Paul Maxted (Bradley Stoke, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assessing the profile of a tool using a non-contact tool setting apparatus that includes a transmitter for emitting a light beam and a receiver for receiving the beam. The receiver generates a beam intensity signal describing the intensity of received light. The setting apparatus is mounted to a coordinate p...