Patents by Inventor Peter A. R. Hicks

Peter A. R. Hicks 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).

  • Component measuring apparatus with multiple component multiple positioning device
    Patent number: 4665625
    Abstract: A component inspection apparatus includes a component holder mounted on a compound slide structure. Two arrays of gauging elements are provided on a mutually perpendicularly movable slide. These arrays can be adjusted on the slide and each array includes a plurality of separate gauge elements movable by contact with the work and at least one linear transducer connected to each gauge element. In use, the slides are moved to a plurality of predetermined positions in a sequence. The displacements of the probe elements at each position are noted and compared with displacements obtained when the same sequence of positions is followed while a master componet is in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Sigma Limited
    Inventors: Eric Ireland, Rory M. O'Brien, Barrie Wall, Peter A. R. Hicks, Zbigniew Zaremba