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US 11,280,602 · App. 17/018,184 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Micrometer for measuring dimension of a conductive object

Inventor: Hong Ju Jeon (Jeonju-si, KR)
Assignee: SEWON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G01B7/14G01B3/18
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Patent No.
US 11,280,602
App. No.
17/018,184
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

A micrometer according to the present invention comprises: a frame of conductive material; an anvil of conductive material that is fixedly coupled to one end of the frame in an electrically insulated manner from the frame; a spindle of conductive material coupled to other end of the frame in such a way as to be moved back and forth along direction of the anvil in synchronization with rotation of a thimble while making electrical contact with the frame; and a controller configured to transmit a value for current gap between the anvil and the spindle to an external device as a measurement in case the anvil and the frame are electrically short-circuited. This configuration of the micrometer allows a measurement to be sent to the external device only in the case that a conductive object is necessarily mounted between the anvil and the spindle and electrically short-circuits them.

Claims (15)

1. A micrometer for measuring dimension of an object, comprising:

a frame of conductive material;

an anvil of conductive material that is fixedly coupled to one end of the frame in an electrically insulated manner from the frame;

a spindle of conductive material coupled to other end of the frame in such a way as to be moved back and forth along direction of the anvil in synchronization with rotation of a thimble while making electrical contact with the frame; and

a controller configured to transmit a value for current gap between the anvil and the spindle to an external device as a measurement in case the anvil and the frame are electrically short-circuited, the current gap being tracked according to distance the spindle travels.

2. The micrometer of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the value for the current gap between the anvil and the spindle to the external device as a measurement if the anvil and the frame are in electrically short-circuited when a press of a provided button is detected.

3. The micrometer of claim 1 , further comprising a supplement member, provided with a button on one side thereof, configured to seat the frame fixedly,

wherein one of both electrical pins of the button is electrically connected to one signal line of a cable connecting the micrometer and the external device, and other pin of said both electrical pins is electrically connected to one of the anvil and the frame, said both electrical pins being electrically short-circuited when the button is pressed, and

wherein other one of the anvil and the frame is electrically connected to another signal line of the cable.

4. The micrometer of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the value for the current gap between the anvil and the spindle to the external device as a measurement when said one signal line and said another signal line are electrically short-circuited.

5. The micrometer of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to conduct an automatic transmission operation that transmits the value for the current gap between the anvil and the spindle to the external device as a measurement when an electrical short-circuited state between the anvil and the frame is maintained for a predetermined time.

6. The micrometer of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to conduct the automatic transmission operation in case that a specific mode is set, and to transmit the value for the current gap between the anvil and the spindle to the external device as a measurement when a press of a provided button is detected in case that the specific mode is not set, and

wherein the controller electrically short-circuits both particular signal lines of the cable connected to the external device when conducting the automatic transmission operation.

7. The micrometer of claim 1 , further comprising a display unit, wherein the controller is further configured to display an error on the display unit as a positive or negative value, the error being corresponding to difference between a standard value given for dimension of the object to be measured and a numerical value that is the measurement.

8. The micrometer of claim 7 , wherein the standard value is received from the external device, or the error is received from the external device.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 053758 FRAME: 0661. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 21, 2021
From: JEON, HONG JU
To: SEWON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058562/0527 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2020
From: JEON, HONG JU
To: SEWON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053758/0661 →
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