IP Library Granted Patent US 8,033,032
Granted Patent B2
US 8,033,032 · App. 12/501,806 · Granted Oct 11, 2011

Inside diameter measuring tool

Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,033,032
App. No.
12/501,806
Granted
Oct 11, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inside diameter measuring tool includes: a main body; an axially moving spindle having a male screw to be screwed to the main body; a plurality of contact pieces provided on the main body, the measuring pieces moving in a direction substantially orthogonal to the axial direction of the spindle; and a conical member interposed between the contact pieces and the spindle, the conical member advancing and retracting the contact pieces in the direction substantially orthogonal to the axial direction of the spindle. The lead of the male screw of the spindle is 1.0 mm or more and the cone angle of the conical member is less than 53 degrees. Preferably, the lead of the male screw is 2.0 mm and the cone angle of the conical member is approximately 28 degrees.

Claims (8)

1. An inside diameter measurement tool, comprising:

a main body;

a spindle provided with a screw that is screwed with the main body, the spindle advancing and retracting in an axial direction thereof;

a plurality of contact pieces provided on the main body, the contact pieces advancing and retracting in a direction substantially orthogonal to the axial direction of the spindle;

a conical member interposed between the contact pieces and the spindle; and

a coil spring that biases the plurality of contact pieces toward a conical surface of the conical member,

wherein the lead of the screw of the spindle is 2.0 mm and the cone angle of the conical member is approximately 28 degrees, and

the coil spring is disposed so that an axial direction of the coil spring is substantially parallel to the axial direction of the spindle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2009
From: FUJIKAWA, YUJI; TACHIKAKE, MASAHIKO; MATSUMOTO, KOUJI; HAYASHIDA, SHUJI
To: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022950/0066 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-182569 · Jul 14, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100005676A1 · Jan 14, 2010