Patents by Inventor Timothy C FEATHERSTONE

Timothy C FEATHERSTONE 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).

  • Method of controlling a coordinate positioning machine
    Patent number: 9903713
    Abstract: A method is provided of controlling a coordinate positioning machine to separate a retaining module from a releasably coupled task module, the retaining module being provided on a movable part of the machine, and the method including: moving the retaining module to place the task module into engagement with a storage port for holding the task module; and moving and simultaneously rotating the retaining module to separate the retaining module from the task module with a tilting action of the retaining module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Timothy C Featherstone, Matthew H Freeman, Nadim Borini
  • METHOD OF INSPECTING AN OBJECT WITH A VISION PROBE
    Publication number: 20170160077
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a hole in an object with at least one camera probe mounted on a coordinate positioning machine includes: for a plurality of different viewpoints obtaining at least one image of a silhouette of the hole from a first end of the hole, so as to obtain a set of silhouette images of the hole, the hole being backlit so as to form the silhouette, and using the set of silhouette images of the hole to infer at least part of the boundary of the hole at a given height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Timothy C FEATHERSTONE, Martin S REES
  • METHOD OF CONTROLLING A COORDINATE POSITIONING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20160116276
    Abstract: A method is provided of controlling a coordinate positioning machine to separate a retaining module from a releasably coupled task module, the retaining module being provided on a movable part of the machine, and the method including: moving the retaining module to place the task module into engagement with a storage port for holding the task module; and moving and simultaneously rotating the retaining module to separate the retaining module from the task module with a tilting action of the retaining module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Timothy C FEATHERSTONE, Matthew H FREEMAN, Nadim BORINI