The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eckhard Enderle, Aalen-Dewangen, DE;
Hans-Peter Aehnelt, Oberkochen, DE;
Karl-Eugen Aubele, Gussenstadt, DE;
Michael Wirth, Aalen, DE;
Assignee:
Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Heidenheim/Brenz, Oberkochen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33832 ; 33561 ; 33558 ; 33503 ;
Abstract
To overcome friction in the mount of the switching-type probe head, a probe (5/6) displaceably mounted therein is transiently excited in oscillation for a predetermined time after each contacting process. The same piezoelectric element (17) as that which produces the initial work-contact signal in the probe head can additionally be used to stimulate the oscillations.