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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Takeda Riken Kogyo Kabushikikaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ; 339 / ; 3391 / ;
Abstract
In a contact drive assembly for use with test equipment for testing, for example, an IC element, a movable contact piece is brought into contact with a terminal pin of the IC element to connect it to a measuring circuit. A flexible tube is disposed adjacent the movable contact piece and compressed air is supplied to the flexible tube to inflate it, biasing the movable contact piece to engage with or disengage from the terminal pin.