Patent ID: 11906549
Assignee: MICROFABRICA INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. The probe of claim 13, wherein the probe additionally comprises a rigid probe body providing a frame which supports a relative lateral positioning of the compliant structure, the first extension arm, and the second tip extension arm while allowing at least one of the first extension arm and first tip or the second extension arm and second tip to move longitudinally, via an external compressive force applied to the first and/or second tips, through a working range of longitudinally extended probe length to longitudinally compressed probe length while increasing a tensional force on the at least one spring segment and moving longitudinally through a working range of longitudinally compressed probe length to extended probe length under a force of extension provided, at least in part, by the tensional force stored in the at least one spring segment, wherein the rigid probe body extends from at least one end of the at least one spring segment to the other end of the at least one spring segment at a full working extension of the at least one spring segment.