US 11,897,067 B2
Measurement device for a machine tool
Derek Marshall, Hawkesbury Upton (GB)
Assigned to RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge (GB)
Appl. No. 17/420,211
Filed by RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/050165
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/152476, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19153749 (EP), filed on Jan. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063041 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B23Q 17/09 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 17/09 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hard-wired measurement device for mounting within an enclosure of a machine tool, comprising;
a measurement sensor for measuring objects within the machine tool enclosure,
a hard-wired interface module for providing an electrical connection via one or more wires with an associated external interface located outside of the machine tool enclosure, and
a wireless communications module enabling wireless communication with an associated wireless device located within the machine tool enclosure,
wherein the hard-wired measurement device comprises a housing containing the measurement sensor, the hard-wired interface module and the wireless communications module, the housing being mountable within the enclosure of a machine tool.