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Title:
ERGONOMIC MOBILE CONTROLLER FOR COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/096808
Kind Code:
A4
Abstract:
Embodiments described herein provide a mobile CMM jogbox that includes one or more ergonomic apparatuses configured and disposed to allow a CMM operator to hold and operate the jogbox, while avoiding or mitigating the fatigue of an operator using the jogbox.

Inventors:
KOCIC MILAN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/059703
Publication Date:
August 12, 2021
Filing Date:
November 09, 2020
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HEXAGON METROLOGY INC (US)
International Classes:
G05G9/047; G01B21/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAUNDERS, Steven, G. et al. (US)
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Claims:
AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 28 June 2021 (28.06.2021)

What is claimed is:

1.-12. (Canceled)

13. A cradle comprising: a base configured to rest on a flat surface; a nest suspended from the base, the nest configured to receive a jogbox and removably couple the jogbox to the cradle; and a set of grasping apertures, each grasping aperture configured to receive a hand of an operator to allow fingers to reach a backface of a jogbox in the nest and to lift the jogbox out of the nest.

14. The cradle of claim 13, further comprising: a set of sidewalls extending between the base and the cradle, the set of sidewalls suspending the cradle from the base.

15. (Canceled)

16. The cradle of claim 13, wherein at least one grasping aperture of the set of grasping apertures is configured to allow the hand of the operator to reach and activate a backside button of a jogbox while the jogbox is secured in the nest.

17. The cradle of claim 13 further comprising an input electrical interface configured to receive electrical power and communication signals.

18. The cradle of claim 17 further comprising an output electrical interface configured to provide electrical power and communication signals to a jogbox secured in the nest.

19.-20. (Canceled)