IP Library Granted Patent US 12,607,440
Granted Patent B2
US 12,607,440 · App. 17/903,534 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Measuring tool attachment cover

Inventor: Toshihiko Aoki (Kanagawa prefecture, JP)
Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
G01B3/20G01B3/002
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Patent No.
US 12,607,440
App. No.
17/903,534
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a measuring tool attachment cover that combines ease of holding and performance (for example, heat insulation). An attachment cover includes a front face layer 110 , a rear face layer 120 and an intermediate layer 130 . The front face layer 110 and the rear face layer 120 are compact layers with low porosity, and the intermediate layer 130 is a hollow structural layer with higher porosity than the front face layer 110 and the rear face layer 120 . The hollow structural layer includes two or more layers with different porosity, and a layer of the two or more layers closer to the front face has higher porosity than a layer closer to the rear face. A direction from the rear face layer 120 to the front face layer 110 is a thickness direction, and a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction is a width direction. The hollow structural layer has elastic modulus distribution in the width direction, and an elastic modulus of a certain area is different from an elastic modulus of an area surrounding the certain area.

Claims (12)

1 . A measuring tool attachment cover capable of attaching to and detaching from a measuring tool to be hand-held by a user to perform a measurement work, wherein the measuring tool includes an outer surface having a gripping part contacting with a hand of the user gripping the measuring tool, the attachment cover is attached to the measuring tool to cover at least the gripping part, the attachment cover has a hollow structural part formed by a porous or a lattice structure, wherein the attachment cover has a front face contacting with the hand of the user and a rear face contacting with the measuring tool, the front face is constituted by a front face layer, the rear face is constituted by a rear face layer, a layer between the front face layer and the rear face layer is an intermediate layer, the front face layer and the rear face layer are compact layers with low porosity, and the intermediate layer is a hollow structural layer with larger porosity than the front face layer and the rear face layer, and wherein the hollow structural layer includes two or more layers with different elastic moduli, and a layer of the two or more layers closer to the front face has a lower elastic modulus than a layer closer to the rear face.

2 . The measuring tool attachment cover according to claim 1 , wherein

the hollow structural layer includes two or more layers with different thermal conductivity, and

a layer of the two or more layers closer to the front face has lower thermal conductivity than a layer closer to the rear face.

3 . A measuring tool attachment cover capable of attaching to and detaching from a measuring tool to be hand-held by a user to perform a measurement work, wherein the measuring tool includes an outer surface having a gripping part contacting with a hand of the user gripping the measuring tool, the attachment cover is attached to the measuring tool to cover at least the gripping part, the attachment cover has a hollow structural part formed by a porous or a lattice structure, wherein the attachment cover has a front face contacting with the hand of the user and a rear face contacting with the measuring tool, the front face is constituted by a front face layer, the rear face is constituted by a rear face layer, a layer between the front face layer and the rear face layer is an intermediate layer, the front face layer and the rear face layer are compact layers with low porosity, and the intermediate layer is a hollow structural layer with larger porosity than the front face layer and the rear face layer, and wherein the hollow structural layer includes two or more layers with different thermal conductivity, and a layer of the two or more layers closer to the front face has lower thermal conductivity than a layer closer to the rear face.

4 . A measuring tool attachment cover capable of attaching to and detaching from a measuring tool to be hand-held by a user to perform a measurement work, wherein the measuring tool includes an outer surface having a gripping part contacting with a hand of the user gripping the measuring tool, the attachment cover is attached to the measuring tool to cover at least the gripping part, the attachment cover has a hollow structural part formed by a porous or a lattice structure, wherein the attachment cover has a front face contacting with the hand of the user and a rear face contacting with the measuring tool, the front face is constituted by a front face layer, the rear face is constituted by a rear face layer, a layer between the front face layer and the rear face layer is an intermediate layer, the front face layer and the rear face layer are compact layers with low porosity, and the intermediate layer is a hollow structural layer with larger porosity than the front face layer and the rear face layer, and wherein the hollow structural layer includes two or more layers with different porosity, and a layer of the two or more layers closer to the front face has higher porosity than a layer closer to the rear face.

5 . A measuring tool attachment cover capable of attaching to and detaching from a measuring tool to be hand-held by a user to perform a measurement work, wherein the measuring tool includes an outer surface having a gripping part contacting with a hand of the user gripping the measuring tool, the attachment cover is attached to the measuring tool to cover at least the gripping part, the attachment cover has a hollow structural part formed by a porous or a lattice structure, wherein the attachment cover has a front face contacting with the hand of the user and a rear face contacting with the measuring tool, the front face is constituted by a front face layer, the rear face is constituted by a rear face layer, a layer between the front face layer and the rear face layer is an intermediate layer, the front face layer and the rear face layer are compact layers with low porosity, and the intermediate layer is a hollow structural layer with larger porosity than the front face layer and the rear face layer, and wherein a direction from the rear face layer to the front face layer is a thickness direction, a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction is a width direction, the hollow structural layer has elastic modulus distribution in the width direction, and an elastic modulus of a certain area is different from an elastic modulus of an area surrounding the certain area.

6 . The measuring tool attachment cover according to claim 5 , wherein

the elastic modulus distribution corresponds to a state of a hand of each user gripping the measuring tool, and

an elastic modulus of an area contacting with the hand of the user is different from an elastic modulus of an area surrounding the hand-contact area.

7 . A measuring tool attachment cover capable of attaching to and detaching from a measuring tool to be hand-held by a user to perform a measurement work, wherein the measuring tool includes an outer surface having a gripping part contacting with a hand of the user gripping the measuring tool, the attachment cover is attached to the measuring tool to cover at least the gripping part, the attachment cover has a hollow structural part formed by a porous or a lattice structure, wherein the attachment cover has a front face contacting with the hand of the user and a rear face contacting with the measuring tool, the front face is constituted by a front face layer, the rear face is constituted by a rear face layer, a layer between the front face layer and the rear face layer is an intermediate layer, the front face layer and the rear face layer are compact layers with low porosity, and the intermediate layer is a hollow structural layer with larger porosity than the front face layer and the rear face layer, wherein the intermediate layer is open to the outside through an opening provided in the front face layer, and wherein the hollow structural layer includes two or more layers with different thermal conductivity, and a layer of the two or more layers closer to the front face has lower thermal conductivity than a layer closer to the rear face.

8 . A measuring tool attachment cover capable of attaching to and detaching from a measuring tool to be hand-held by a user to perform a measurement work, wherein the measuring tool includes an outer surface having a gripping part contacting with a hand of the user gripping the measuring tool, the attachment cover is attached to the measuring tool to cover at least the gripping part, the attachment cover has a hollow structural part formed by a porous or a lattice structure, wherein the attachment cover has a front face contacting with the hand of the user and a rear face contacting with the measuring tool, the front face is constituted by a front face layer, the rear face is constituted by a rear face layer, a layer between the front face layer and the rear face layer is an intermediate layer, the front face layer and the rear face layer are compact layers with low porosity, and the intermediate layer is a hollow structural layer with larger porosity than the front face layer and the rear face layer, wherein the intermediate layer is open to the outside through an opening provided in the front face layer, and wherein the hollow structural layer includes two or more layers with different porosity, and a layer of the two or more layers closer to the front face has higher porosity than a layer closer to the rear face.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: AOKI, TOSHIHIKO
To: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061016/0745 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-146526 · Sep 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230075939A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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