US 12,246,442 B2
Articulated arm coordinate measuring machine
John Lucas Creachbaum, Deltona, FL (US); Brent Bailey, Winter Springs, FL (US); William E. Schoenfeldt, Oviedo, FL (US); Fabiano Kovalski, Sanford, FL (US); Eduardo Laranjeira, Lake Mary, FL (US); Chad Crisostomo, Lake Mary, FL (US); Michael Bartel, Ormond Beach, FL (US); Kishore Lankalapalli, Sanford, FL (US); Christopher M. Riehl, Orlando, FL (US); and Matthew Mogensen, Longwood, FL (US)
Assigned to FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US)
Filed by FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,587.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/112,319, filed on Nov. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0143812 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G01B 5/008 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); G01B 21/04 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/042 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 19/022 (2013.01); G01B 5/008 (2013.01); G01B 21/047 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) for measuring the coordinates of an object in space, comprising:
a base;
a manually positionable arm portion having an opposed first end and second end, the arm portion being rotationally coupled to the base, the arm portion including a plurality of connected arm segments, each arm segment including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal;
a probe end coupled to the first end, the probe end having a first accessory interface and a second accessory interface, the first accessory interface being positioned on an end of the probe end, the second accessory interface being positioned on a side of the probe end substantially perpendicular to the first accessory interface, the first accessory interface having a first latch, the second accessory interface having a second latch;
a first accessory coupled to one of the first accessory interface or the second accessory interface, wherein the first accessory is configured to be removably coupled to both the first accessory interface and the second accessory interface; and
a first electronic circuit that receives the position signal from the at least one position transducer of each arm segment and provides data corresponding to a position of the first accessory,
wherein the first accessory interface and the second accessory interface are substantially identical.