Patent ID: 7581438
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: G01Q

Abstract:
1. A surface texture measuring probe utilized for a surface texture measuring instrument that measures surface texture of a workpiece while scanning along a surface of the workpiece, comprising: a probe head; a first supporting body that supports the probe head; a second supporting body coupled to the first supporting body; and a vibration generating element disposed between the first and second supporting bodies, wherein the first supporting body includes a first supporter having an inner space, and a plurality of beams respectively extending from equiangular arrangement positions of the first supporter toward the center and supporting the probe head at the center of the inner space of the first supporter, the second supporting body includes a second supporter coupled to the first supporter and having an inner space, a plurality of beams respectively extending from equiangular arrangement positions of the second supporter toward the center, and a holder supported at the center of the inner space of the second supporter via the plurality of beams, and the vibration generating element is disposed between the probe head and the holder of the second supporting body and adapted to vibrate in an axial direction, the axial direction being a direction in which an axis penetrating through the centers of the first and second supporting bodies extends, the vibration of the vibration generating element causing the probe head to vibrate in the axial direction.