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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:
Dec. 27, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert P Byrnes, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Richard Wahl, Fishkill, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3241 / ; 3241 / ;
Abstract
An electrical probe assembly with rotatable probe elements for establishing electrical contact to pad surfaces having a plurality of elongated probe elements formed of a conductive flexible material, each having a length many times its diameter, spaced upper and lower flat support elements having apertures receiving the ends of the probe elements and maintaining the probe elements in a generally parallel arrangement with at least the lower ends in a configuration corresponding to the pad configuration to be contacted, and a means to simultaneously rotate the probe elements.