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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Helmut Fischer Gmbh Institut Fur Elektronik Und Messtechnik, Sindelfingen, DE;
Werner Volz, Sindelfingen, DE;
Helmut Fischer GmbH Institut für Elecktronik und Messtechnik, Sindelfingen, DE;
Abstract
A measuring probe for the measurement of the thickness of thin layers, includes a housing, at least one sensor element which is mounted with at least one spring element to be flexible with respect to the housing, the sensor element having a spherical positioning cap pointing towards the measuring surface of an object of measurement against a touchdown direction and along a longitudinal axis thereof, and an attenuating device on the housing which acts in the touchdown direction of the at least one sensor element before the sensor element is fitted onto the measuring surface of the object of measurement and attenuates the touchdown movement of the at least one sensor element in the direction of the measuring surface of the object of measurement.