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Sensor element for a measuring machine, in particular a coordinate measuring machine

US9459091B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 2013
Grant dateOct 4, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B5/016
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a sensor element for a measuring machine, having a sensing component with a sensing element for optically measuring a surface; a sensing element receiving portion with a plate-shaped base; and a sensor housing with a sensing component receiving portion comprising at least one bearing which contacts the base, which has at least one defined bearing point, and via which the sensing component is connected in a movable manner relative to the sensing component receiving portion. The sensor housing has a coupling on a housing coupling side for connecting to the measuring machine and at least partly surrounds the sensing component at the base, and a force directed in the direction of the sensing element is applied to the base. The sensing component receiving portion lies in the sensor housing opposite the coupling side and has the at a least one bearing.

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