Probe head for coordinate measuring machines

US6971183B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Kurt Brenner · Satteldorf, DE
• Eckhard Enderle · Aalen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 18, 2004
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 18, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01B5/008
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A probe head for a coordinate measuring machine has a feeler device that can be deflected in space. Also provided are balancing element for adjusting a predetermined rest position of the feeler device for any different alignment of the probe head in space. The balancing element are designed as masses. The forces or moments required for balancing the feeler device are produced by the masses.