公开(公告)号：US07350310B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-01

申请号：US11340609

申请日：2006-01-27

申请人： Peter G Lloyd ,  David S Wallace ,  David R McMurtry ,  James L Chase ,  David Jones

发明人： Peter G Lloyd ,  David S Wallace ,  David R McMurtry ,  James L Chase ,  David Jones

IPC分类号： G01B5/00

CPC分类号： G05B19/404 ,  G05B2219/39179 ,  G05B2219/41048 ,  G05B2219/41081

摘要： Disclosed is a method of moving an articulating mechanism (22,410) for a measuring device, comprising the steps of: releasing two bodies (14,16, 410a,410b) which form the articulating mechanism allowing relative movement thereof; moving one of the bodies with respect to the other until a desired position is reached; and re-constraining the two bodies so they are relatively fixed, perhaps as part of a locking process, characterised in that relative movement prior to re-constraining at the desired position occurs under particular conditions. The particular conditions including moving from the same direction; and stopping, slowing down or maintaining the condition at a position adjacent to the desired position. Also disclosed is a method of positioning an articulating mechanism (22,410) for a measuring device which is controlled by a potentiometer and a controller (11) for a measuring device.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种移动用于测量装置的铰接机构（22,410）的方法，包括以下步骤：释放形成铰接机构的两个主体（14,16,410a，410b），允许其相对移动; 将一个物体相对于另一个移动到达到期望的位置; 并且重新限制两个体，使得它们相对固定，可能作为锁定过程的一部分，其特征在于，在特定条件下发生在期望位置处重新约束之前的相对运动。 特定条件包括从同一方向移动; 并且在与期望位置相邻的位置处停止，减缓或维持状态。 还公开了一种定位用于由电位器和用于测量装置的控制器（11）控制的测量装置的关节运动机构（22,410）的方法。