Apparatus, system, and method for measuring thread features on pipe or tube end

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8804104
APP PUB NO 20110164244A1
SERIAL NO

12934822

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A first thread feature is measured by detecting with an optical sensor 2 light that reaches from a light source 21 located on the opposite side of a pipe axis and runs substantially in parallel to thread grooves A4. A contact probe 31 of a contact sensor 3 is contacted with a thread flank surface A8 to detect the space coordinates of the contact probe 31 at the time of contact, so that a second thread feature is measured. The first and second thread features thus detected are combined with each other by a processor 4, and thread features of the thread provided as a measurement object are thereby calculated.

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NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONTOKYO 100-8071

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Friedrich, Konrad Jena, DE 2 30
Gruener, Erhard Grossloebichau, DE 1 18
Hiraoka, Seiji Osaka, JP 5 38
Honda, Tatsuro Osaka, JP 9 37
Kasa, Yasuhisa Osaka, JP 3 22
Tanida, Mutsumi Osaka, JP 13 57

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