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BROWN & SHARPE MFG

Overview
  • Total Patents
    429
About

BROWN & SHARPE MFG has a total of 429 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1896. It filed its patents most often in United States, United Kingdom and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets machine tools, machines and measurement are HANSON BENGT M W, PRATT & WHITNEY CO and NILES BEMENT POND CO.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing BROWN & SHARPE MFGs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Rich Charles A 23
#2 Bennett Arthur F 22
#3 Graves Benjamin P 21
#4 Levesque George N 19
#5 Parker John 17
#6 Spalding Frank 17
#7 Parker John W 15
#8 Mathewson Maxwell I 13
#9 Krause August L 13
#10 Pesikov Vitaly I 10

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
WO0014474A1 Coordinate measuring machine having a machine tool frame
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US5830094A Transmission for converting rotary motion into linear motion
US5671541A Accuracy verification devices for coordinate measuring machines
US5832416A Calibration system for coordinate measuring machine
US5616917A Device for measuring an angle between pivotally-connected members
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EP0694158A1 Control axis mounted computer interface for coordinate measuring machines
US5347723A Air bearing control system
US5231768A Stacked block step gage
US5042162A Coordinate measuring machine with vibration dampening system
US4949465A Counterweight for coordinate measuring machine
US4946293A Gas bearing having an auxiliary reservoir
US4958437A Coordinate measuring machine with vibration damper
WO8903488A1 Gas bearing for guiding relative movement of precision machine parts
US4939678A Method for calibration of coordinate measuring machine
US4926360A Electronic gage amplifier and display