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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Walter J Belmore, III, Spring, TX (US);
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A series of modular plugs insertable into a row of connector sockets mounted on a circuit board to be tested are secured to a specially designed support structure which enables the plugs to be simultaneously mated with the sockets to thereby substantially reduce the required test connection time and to enable the plugs to be coupled with and uncoupled from the sockets without subjecting the plug cables to appreciable handling stress. In one embodiment thereof the support structure may be manually moved toward the sockets to effect the coupling of the plugs with their sockets, and a movable latch plate member is carried by the support structure for use in simultaneously unlatching the inserted plugs from their sockets. In another embodiment thereof the support structure is stationarily secured to a specially designed test stand assembly which is operable to move the circuit board toward the stationary plugs to effect the desired plug/socket test interconnection.