Inventors:
Nicholas A. Hartney - St. Petersburg FL, US
Kim R. Heinicka - Seminole FL, US
Winston S. Webb - Largo FL, US
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc. - Morristown NJ
International Classification:
F16B 13/06
G01D 21/00
G01B 5/00
US Classification:
411 601, 411 602, 411954, 411271, 411325, 33520, 33613, 33644, 33542
Abstract:
The present invention provides devices and methods for indicating or gauging the position of one or more holes in a workpiece. In one aspect of the present invention reusable devices that can be removably engaged with a bore or tapped hole in a workpiece for accurately indicating the center axis of the bore or tapped hole are provided. An exemplary device in accordance with the present invention includes an expandable shank, indicating surface, and driving head. The driving head can be used to install the device into a hole in a workpiece. The expandable shank can be expanded to positively engage the device with the hole in the workpiece and the indicating surface can be referenced, with a probe, to determine the center axis of the hole in the workpiece.