G01B 5/012
Contact-making feeler heads therefor
G01B5/012 (Contact-making feeler heads therefor) appears on 538 US grants and 443 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 538
- Published applications
- 443
- Assignees
- 170
- Inventors
- 741
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10 |
| 2005 | 10 | 12 |
| 2006 | 12 | 18 |
| 2007 | 13 | 9 |
| 2008 | 10 | 12 |
| 2009 | 8 | 20 |
| 2010 | 15 | 14 |
| 2011 | 13 | 31 |
| 2012 | 14 | 13 |
| 2013 | 18 | 33 |
| 2014 | 19 | 15 |
| 2015 | 28 | 15 |
| 2016 | 16 | 19 |
| 2017 | 22 | 37 |
| 2018 | 19 | 26 |
| 2019 | 33 | 30 |
| 2020 | 27 | 24 |
| 2021 | 19 | 23 |
| 2022 | 20 | 17 |
| 2023 | 24 | 13 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 |
| 2025 | 11 | 13 |
| 2026 | 4 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Coordinate measuring machine28 Apr 2026US 12,613,087 B2Hexagon Innovation Hub GmbH
- Method for calculating compensation parameter of motion error in machine tool, and machine tool21 Apr 2026US 12,607,443 B2Okuma Corporation
- Manufacturing method and apparatus10 Feb 2026US 12,546,580 B2Renishaw PLC
- Error identification method for five-axis-control machine tool, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and five-axis-control machine tool13 Jan 2026US 12,523,573 B2Okuma Corporation
- System and method of measuring gaps23 Dec 2025US 12,504,265 B2Faro Technologies, Inc.
- Method and system for efficient inspection of manufacturing part10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266595 A1Triad National Security, LLC
- Touch probe27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251435 A1Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
- Method of scanning a measurement space of a shape measurement system, computer-readable program and shape measurement system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227168 A1Mitutoyo Corporation
- Shape measuring apparatus25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177367 A1Mitutoyo Corporation
- Tactile measurement device7 May 2026US 2026/0126281 A1Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulating head for a coordinate-measuring instrument210US 4,888,877 ACarl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Heidenhein/Brenz · 1989
- Surface-sensing device154US 5,040,306 ARenishaw PLC · 1991
- Probes145US 4,153,998 ARolls-Royce (1971) Limited · 1979
- Method of making coordinate measurements on workpieces127US 5,615,489 ACarl-Zeiss-Stiftung · 1997
- Probe head119US 5,084,981 ARenishaw PLC · 1992