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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masatoshi Kato, Ko-tu, Yamanashi, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ;
Abstract
A probe is provided for electrically testing high-density printed circuit boards on a bed of nails test fixture. An elongated probe is provided with a fixed contact point interfacing with the PCB under test and a spring loaded probe on the opposite end of the probe barrel contact the interface between the test fixture and test equipment. A mechanism is provided which maintains the probe in precise perpendicular orientation to the X and Y planes while permitting movement of the probe along its axis in the Z plane.