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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:
Oct. 27, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Juan O Alfonso, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Peggy L Clark, Plantation, FL (US);
Adolph C Naujoks, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Ray D Pearson, Sunrise, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3241 / ; 324 725 ; 439482 ;
Abstract
A pivotable spring probe (30) includes a housing (36) having an opening, a plunger (34) within and guided by the housing, the plunger being slidingly movable between an extended position and a retracted position, a pivotable contact head (32) mounted on the plunger for making electrical contact with a conductive surface external to the housing, and a spring (42) mounted on the bottom of the plunger for biasing the plunger towards the housing opening.