Description:TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to the field of measuring tools or devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a simple, compact, and efficient telescopic assembly for measuring the distance between two surfaces.

BACKGROUND
[0002] In conventional measurement practices, various tools are used to determine the length between two surfaces, particularly between automotive components of vehicles. One of the conventional ways to measure the length is through a measuring tape, where the recorded readings are not accurate as the measuring tapes are prone to bending, compromising their accuracy. Another way of measuring the length is the use of a plumb gauge combined with the measurement tape. Although this way of measuring the length attempts to address the shortcomings of the recording measurements, it still falls short in terms of accuracy, especially when dealing with inclined surfaces or complex geometries.
[0003] Yet another way of measuring the length is the use of height gauges, but they pose challenges when the lowest point of the object under measurement is positioned centrally, as exemplified by exhaust pipes in vehicles. Moreover, a combination of a spirit level and the height gauge is also used for measuring the length between two surfaces. However, this method is time-consuming, thereby diminishing its practicality in time-sensitive tasks.
[0004] There is, therefore, a well-established need in the art to overcome the above-mentioned problems by providing a simple, compact, and efficient telescopic assembly for measuring the distance between two surfaces.

OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0005] A general object of the present disclosure is to overcome the problems associated with existing measuring tools or devices, by providing a simple, compact, efficient, and cost-effective telescopic assembly for measuring the distance between two surfaces.
[0006] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a telescopic assembly that may measure linear and angular lengths between two surfaces.
[0007] Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide a telescopic assembly that may collapse and expand, thereby making it portable .

SUMMARY
[0008] Aspects of the present disclosure pertain to the field of measuring tools or devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a simple, compact, and efficient telescopic assembly for measuring the distance between two surfaces.
[0009] In an aspect, a telescopic assembly for measuring distance between two surfaces includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is configured for making surface contact with a first surface and the second plate is configured for making surface contact with a second surface. The telescopic assembly in addition includes at least one insert. The insert is removably attached on the second plate of the telescopic assembly. The insert is configured for making line contact or point contact with the second surface. The telescopic assembly further includes a measuring unit. The measuring unit is configured on the second plate for measuring an angle of inclination of the telescopic assembly. Furthermore, the telescopic assembly includes a telescopic structure. The telescopic structure includes a plurality of first scale markings and a plurality of second scale markings. The plurality of first scale markings and a plurality of second scale markings are perpendicularly configured between the first plate and the second plate for allowing telescopic movement of the second plate with respect to the first plate to measure the distance between the first surface and the second surface.
[0010] In an embodiment, the telescopic movement of the telescopic structure makes the first plate to establish surface contact with the first surface. The telescopic movement of the telescopic structure makes the second plate to establish line contact or point contact with the second surface. The telescopic movement of the first plate and the second plate enables the telescopic assembly for recording the distance between the first surface and the second surface.
[0011] In an embodiment, the telescopic structure may be telescopically collapsed toward the first plate for being positioned between the first surface and the second surface. The telescopic assembly may be biased to telescopically expand for making contact with the first surface and the second surface.
[0012] In an embodiment, the telescopic structure may include a first elongated portion coupled to the first plate. The first elongated portion may be perpendicularly configured on the first plate.
[0013] In an embodiment, the plurality of first scale markings may be configured on an outer surface of a first elongated portion. The plurality of first scale markings may aid in measuring the distance from the first surface to the second surface.
[0014] In an embodiment, the telescopic structure may include a second elongated portion. The second elongated portion may be slidably coupled to a first elongated portion. The second elongated portion may be configured in parallel on the first elongated portion where an inner wall of the second elongated portion may slide telescopically against an outer wall of the first elongated portion.
[0015] In an embodiment, the plurality of second scale markings may be configured on an outer surface of a second elongated portion. The plurality of second scale markings may aid in measuring the distance from the second surface to the first surface.
[0016] In an embodiment, the telescopic assembly may include at least one biasing member. The biasing member may be configured within the telescopic structure to bias the telescopic structure. The telescopic structure may telescopically collapse toward the first plate where the telescopic assembly contacts the first surface and the second surface.
[0017] In an embodiment, the at least one biasing member of the telescopic assembly may be a coil spring.
[0018] In an embodiment, the second plate may include radially extending grooves. The radially extending grooves may be configured for securing the at least one insert therewithin.
[0019] In an embodiment, the plurality of first scale markings may originate from a non-zero measurement quantity thereby considering the thickness of the first plate. The plurality of second scale markings may originate from a non-zero measurement quantity thereby considering the height of the insert.
[0020] Various objects, features, aspects, and advantages of the subject matter will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like numerals represent like components.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0021] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure. The diagrams are for illustration only, which thus is not a limitation of the present disclosure.
[0022] FIGs. 1 and 2 illustrate a schematic view of telescopic assembly for measuring the distance between two surfaces, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0023] FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic view of the telescopic assembly with a biasing member, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] For the purpose of promoting an understanding of the principles of the present disclosure, reference will now be made to the various embodiments and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the present disclosure is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated system, and such further applications of the principles of the present disclosure as illustrated therein being contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the present disclosure relates.
[0025] It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are explanatory of the present disclosure and are not intended to be restrictive thereof.
[0026] Whether or not a certain feature or element was limited to being used only once, it may still be referred to as “one or more features” or “one or more elements” or “at least one feature” or “at least one element.” Furthermore, the use of the terms “one or more” or “at least one” feature or element do not preclude there being none of that feature or element, unless otherwise specified by limiting language including, but not limited to, “there needs to be one or more…” or “one or more elements is required.
[0027] Reference is made herein to some “embodiments.” It should be understood that an embodiment is an example of a possible implementation of any features and/or elements of the present disclosure. Some embodiments have been described for the purpose of explaining one or more of the potential ways in which the specific features and/or elements of the proposed disclosure fulfil the requirements of uniqueness, utility, and non-obviousness.
[0028] Use of the phrases and/or terms including, but not limited to, “a first embodiment,” “a further embodiment,” “an alternate embodiment,” “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “multiple embodiments,” “some embodiments,” “other embodiments,” “further embodiment”, “furthermore embodiment”, “additional embodiment” or other variants thereof do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments. Unless otherwise specified, one or more particular features and/or elements described in connection with one or more embodiments may be found in one embodiment, or may be found in more than one embodiment, or may be found in all embodiments, or may be found in no embodiments. Although one or more features and/or elements may be described herein in the context of only a single embodiment, or in the context of more than one embodiment, or in the context of all embodiments, the features and/or elements may instead be provided separately or in any appropriate combination or not at all. Conversely, any features and/or elements described in the context of separate embodiments may alternatively be realized as existing together in the context of a single embodiment.
[0029] Any particular and all details set forth herein are used in the context of some embodiments and therefore should not necessarily be taken as limiting factors to the proposed disclosure. The terms “comprises”, “comprising”, or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process or method that comprises a list of steps does not include only those steps but may include other steps not expressly listed or inherent to such process or method. Similarly, one or more devices or sub-systems or elements or structures or components proceeded by “comprises... a” does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other devices or other sub-systems or other elements or other structures or other components or additional devices or additional sub-systems or additional elements or additional structures or additional components.
[0030] Embodiments explained herein relate to a simple, compact, and efficient telescopic assembly for measuring the distance between two surfaces. According to an aspect, the telescopic assembly includes a telescopic structure where one end is coupled to a first plate and the other end is coupled to a second plate. The first plate makes a surface contact with a first surface and the second plate, coupled to an insert and a measuring unit, makes surface contact with a second surface to measure the linear and angular distance between the first surface and the second surface.
[0031] Referring to FIGs. 1 to 3, in an aspect, the proposed telescopic assembly (collectively designated as (100) herein) for measuring the distance between two surfaces is described.
[0032] The telescopic assembly (100) includes a telescopic structure (110) which may be coupled between a first plate (102) and a second plate (104) for making surface contact with a first surface (200) and a second surface (300), respectively. In some embodiments, the first surface (200) may be a ground surface, and the second surface (300) may be an underside of a vehicle. The telescopic movement of the telescopic structure (110) may make the first plate (102) to establish surface contact with the first surface (200) and the second plate (104) to make line contact or point contact with the second surface (300). The first plate (102) and the second plate (104), upon contacting the first surface (200) and the second surface (300), measure the ground clearance of the vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, the measuring unit (108) of the telescopic assembly (100) may be a gravimetric inclinometer.
[0033] In some embodiments, the telescopic assembly (100) may include at least one insert (106) and a measuring unit (108). The insert (106) may be attached on the transversely extending grooves (104-A, 104-B) provided on the second plate (104) for securing the insert (106) above the second plate (104). The measuring unit (108) may be configured below the second plate (104) for measuring an angle of inclination of the telescopic assembly (100). In an exemplary embodiment, the insert (106-A or 106-B) may be attached on the second plate (104), where the insert (106-A) may make a point contact with the second surface (300), as shown in FIG. 1, and the insert (106-B) may make a line contact with the second surface (300), as shown in FIG. 2.
[0034] In an embodiment, the telescopic structure (110) may include a first elongated portion (110-A) and a second elongated portion (110-B). The first elongated portion (110-A) may be perpendicularly coupled to the first plate (102) and parallelly coupled to the second elongated portion (110-B).
[0035] In an embodiment, the second elongated portion (110-B) of the telescopic structure (110) may be perpendicularly coupled to the second plate (104) and parallelly coupled to the first elongated portion (110-A) such that an inner wall of the second elongated portion (110-B) may slide telescopically against an outer wall of the first elongated portion (110-A). In an exemplary embodiment, there may be an overlap gap of 10mm between the inner cylindrical surface of the second elongated portion (110-B) and the outer cylindrical surface of the first elongated portion (110-A) such that a plurality of guide rails may be configured between the inner cylindrical surface of the second elongated portion (110-B) and the outer cylindrical surface of the first elongated portion (110-A) to facilitate the telescopic movement of the second elongated portion (110-B) on the first elongated portion (110-A). In another exemplary embodiment, the telescopic structure (110) may include a stopper between the lower end of the inner cylindrical surface of the second elongated portion (110-B) and the upper end of the outer cylindrical surface of the first elongated portion (110-A) to prevent separation of the second elongated portion (110-B) from the first elongated portion (110-A) during expansion of the telescopic structure (110) after being collapsed.
[0036] In an embodiment, the first elongated portion (110-A) may include a plurality of first scale markings (112) which may be marked on the outer surface of the first elongated portion (110-A) between the first plate (102) and the second plate (104) for facilitating the telescopic structure (110) to aid in recording the readings from the first plate (102) to the second plate (104) upon telescopic movement of the second elongated portion (110-B) with respect to the first elongated portion (110-A). The plurality of first scale markings (112) may originate from a non-zero measurement quantity upon considering the thickness of the first plate (200).
[0037] In an embodiment, the second elongated portion (110-B) may include a plurality of second scale markings (114) which may be marked on the outer surface of the second elongated portion (110-B). The plurality of second scale markings (114) may be marked between the first plate (102) and the second plate (104) for facilitating the telescopic structure (110) to record the readings. The readings may be recorded from the insert (106) to the first plate (102) upon telescopic movement of the second elongated portion (110-B) with respect to the first elongated portion (110-A). The plurality of second scale markings (114) may originate from a non-zero measurement quantity upon considering the height of the insert (106) attached to the second plate (104).
[0038] In an embodiment, the telescopic structure (110) of the telescopic assembly (100) may be telescopically collapsed toward the first plate (102) for being positioned between the first surface (200) and the second surface (300) such that a biasing member (116) may be placed within the telescopic structure (110) to telescopically expand for making contact with the first surface (200) and the second surface (300) as shown in FIG.3. The biasing member (116) may be configured for collapsing and expanding within the telescopic structure (110). In an exemplary embodiment, the biasing member (116) may be a coil spring, as shown in FIG. 3.
[0039] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions, or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.

ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION
[0040] The present disclosure overcomes the problems associated with existing measuring tools or devices, by providing a simple, compact, efficient, and cost-effective telescopic assembly for measuring the distance between two surfaces.
[0041] The present disclosure provides a telescopic assembly that may measure linear and angular lengths between two surfaces using modular inserts.
[0042] The present disclosure provides a telescopic assembly that may collapse and expand thereby making it portable .

REFERENCE NUMERALS
PARTICULARS REFERRAL NUMERAL
telescopic assembly 100
first plate 102
second plate 104
grooves 104-A,104-B
at least one insert 106
measuring unit 108
telescopic structure 110
a first elongated portion 110-A
a second elongated portion 110-B
a plurality of first scale markings 112
a plurality of second scale markings 114
at least one biasing member 116
first surface 200
second surface 300
, Claims:1. A telescopic assembly (100) for measuring distance between two surfaces, the telescopic assembly (100) comprising:
a first plate (102) configured for making surface contact with a first surface (200);
a second plate (104) configured for making surface contact with a second surface (300);
at least one insert (106) removably attached on the second plate (104) of the telescopic assembly (100), configured for making line contact or point contact with the second surface (300);
a measuring unit (108) configured on the second plate (104) for measuring an angle of inclination of the telescopic assembly (100); and
a telescopic structure (110) comprising a plurality of first scale markings (112) and a plurality of second scale markings (114), perpendicularly configured between the first plate (102) and the second plate (104) for allowing telescopic movement of the second plate (104) with respect to the first plate (102) to measure the distance between the first surface (200) and the second surface (300).

2. The telescopic assembly (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the telescopic movement of the telescopic structure (110) makes the first plate (102) to establish surface contact with the first surface (200) and makes the second plate (104) to establish line contact or point contact with the second surface (300) for recording the distance between the first surface (200) and the second surface (300).

3. The telescopic assembly (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the telescopic structure (110) is telescopically collapsed toward the first plate (102) for being positioned between the first surface (200) and the second surface (300) such that the telescopic assembly (100) is biased to telescopically expand for making contact with the first surface (200) and the second surface (300).

4. The telescopic assembly (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the telescopic structure (110) comprises a first elongated portion (110-A) coupled to the first plate (102), and wherein the first elongated portion (110-A) is perpendicularly configured on the first plate (102).

5. The telescopic assembly (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of first scale markings (112) is configured on an outer surface of a first elongated portion (110-A) of the telescopic structure (110) to aid in measuring the distance from the first surface (200) to the second surface (300).

6. The telescopic assembly (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the telescopic structure (110) comprises a second elongated portion (110-B) slidably coupled to a first elongated portion (110-A), and wherein the second elongated portion (110-B) is configured in parallel on the first elongated portion (110-A) such that an inner wall of the second elongated portion (110-B) slides telescopically against an outer wall of the first elongated portion (110-A).

7. The telescopic assembly (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of second scale markings (114) is configured on an outer surface of a second elongated portion (110-B) of the telescopic structure (110) to aid in measuring the distance from the second surface (300) to the first surface (200).

8. The telescopic assembly (100) as claimed in claim 1, comprising at least one biasing member (116) configured within the telescopic structure (110) to bias the telescopic structure (110) to telescopically collapse toward the first plate (102) such that the telescopic assembly (100) contacts the first surface (200) and the second surface (300).
9. The telescopic assembly (100) as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one biasing member (116) is a coil spring.

10. The telescopic assembly (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second plate (104) comprises radially extending grooves (104-A,104-B) configured for securing the at least one insert (106) therewithin.

11. The telescopic assembly (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of first scale markings (112) and a plurality of second scale markings (114) originates from a non-zero measurement quantity thereby considering the height of the insert 106 and thickness of the first plate (200).