Patents by Inventor Benjamin Roller Taylor

Benjamin Roller Taylor has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dynamic artefact comparison
    Patent number: 7079969
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a series of workpieces using a coordinate measuring apparatus, comprising the steps of: measuring a calibrated artefact on a coordinate measuring apparatus at a fast speed 28; generating an error map corresponding to the difference between the calibrated artefact and the measured artefact 30; measuring subsequent workpieces at the same fast speed 34 and correcting the measurements of the subsequent workpieces using the error map 36. The artefact may be one of the workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Renishaw PLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Roller Taylor, Geoffrey McFarland
  • Aligning optical components of an optical measuring system
    Patent number: 7023550
    Abstract: Apparatus for aligning an optical measuring system to a desired direction comprises two housings (42,48) attachable to two relatively movable parts of a machine. The housings (42,48) have engagement means (53) such that when they are engaged together the optics inside (44,50) are aligned. The first housing (42) may be provided with attachment means, such as a ball (46), which may be located in a mount (54) on the machine table (56). The position of this ball (46) is determined and the machine spindle housing (48) to be attached to the spindle (60) when the two housings (42,48) are joined and such that the apparatus is aligned with the desired direction. The engagement means (53) between the two housings (42,48) may be compliant along an axis of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Renishaw PLC
    Inventors: Mark Adrian Vincent Chapman, David Roberts McMurtry, Benjamin Roller Taylor
  • Aligning optical components of an optical measuring system
    Publication number: 20040196452
    Abstract: Apparatus for aligning an optical measuring system to a desired direction comprises two housings (42,48) attachable to two relatively movable parts of a machine. The housings (42,48) have engagement means (53) such that when they are engaged together the optics inside (44,50) are aligned. The first housing (42) may be provided with attachment means, such as a ball (46), which may be located in a mount (54) on the machine table (56). The position of this ball (46) is determined and the machine spindle (60) is moved to a position a distance from the ball (46) of the first housing (42) to enable attachment means (52) of the second housing (48) to be attached to the spindle (60) when the two housings (42,48) are joined and such that the apparatus is aligned with the desired direction. The engagement means (53) between the two housings (42,48) may be compliant along an axis of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Adrian Vincent Chapman, David Roberts McMurtry, Benjamin Roller Taylor