Patent ID: 7091729

Claim:
A probe for test contacting a test contact along a contacting axis, said probe comprising: a. a tip positioning pin configured for said test contacting and configured for an aligning insertion in a tip pin hole along said contacting axis; b. a suspension structure combined with said tip positioning pin for resiliently holding said tip positioning pin with respect to said contacting axis with a predetermined deflection behavior; c. a base arm rigidly extending from said suspension structure; d. an offset arm substantially rigid extending from said base arm in a substantially non parallel elbow angle defining together with said base arm a fixture elbow for rigidly fixing said cantilever probe; e. an elbow positioning pin extending from one of said base arm and said offset arm in a direction substantially parallel to said contacting axis, said elbow positioning pin being configured for an aligning insertion in an elbow pin hole simultaneously with said tip pin insertion, where the probe is fabricated by a masked electro deposition process in which a central layer including said position pins is interposed between profile layers representing said continuously protruding profile such that said positioning tips have an at least rectangular cross section and such that said cantilever probe is substantially symmetric with respect to a symmetry plane trough said contacting axis and said elbow pin axis.