US 12,390,982 B2
Modular workholding apparatus
Jonathan J. O'Hare, East Greenwich, RI (US); and Jonathan Dove, Woodstock, IL (US)
Assigned to Hexagon Metrology, Inc., North Kingstown, RI (US)
Filed by Hexagon Metrology, Inc., North Kingstown, RI (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/965,445.
Application 17/965,445 is a division of application No. 16/563,448, filed on Sep. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,498,133.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/728,414, filed on Sep. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032640 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 64/10 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); G05B 19/4093 (2006.01); G05B 19/4097 (2006.01); B23B 31/28 (2006.01); B23Q 3/10 (2006.01); B23Q 3/15 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 64/10 (2017.08) [B29C 64/386 (2017.08); G05B 19/4093 (2013.01); G05B 19/4097 (2013.01); B23B 31/28 (2013.01); B23B 2270/38 (2013.01); B23Q 3/103 (2013.01); B23Q 3/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of producing a single-piece workholding apparatus for holding a workpiece during inspection by a coordinate measuring machine, the workpiece having a target portion having a complex geometry, the method comprising:
measuring the geometry of the target portion to obtain a measured element; and
creating a digital template by digitally subtracting the measured element from a template blank; and
producing, from the digital template, the single-piece workholding apparatus comprising an interface having a fixed shape, the interface adapted to couple to the target portion of the workpiece.