Patent ID: 7392596

Claim:
A probe head, comprising: sensors, each sensor including a pressure-sensitive surface, the sensors adapted to produce electrical signals when pressure forces act that have a directional component orthogonal to the pressure-sensitive surface; mechanical transmission devices; a holding device adapted to position the transmission elements with respect to the sensors, the holding device fixed in a stationary manner relative to the sensors, the transmission elements movable relative to the sensors in a direction having a directional component orthogonal to the pressure-sensitive surface; and a probe device supported movably relative to the sensors; wherein the probe element, the sensors and the transmission devices are arranged in a mechanical operative connection such that a contact of the probe element results in a change in a level of the electrical signals produced by at least one of the sensors; and wherein the transmission devices are arranged on tabs of the holding device, the tabs being flexurally soft in a direction having a directional component orthogonal to the pressure-sensitive surface.