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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2000
Thomas F. Donnelly, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Michael S. Ruduski, Endicott, NY (US);
Glenn M. Brady, Cream Ridge, NJ (US);
James V. Canzonier, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A magnetic clamp device which allows the grounding of a conductive flange of test equipment to a metallic ground plane in a quick and efficient manner. The device includes a top plate and a spring-loaded bar secured to the top plate. The bar is straddled by a pair of magnet assemblies so that when the bar is placed over the conductive flange of the test equipment, the magnet assemblies straddle the flange and are magnetically secured to the ground plane, with the spring-loaded bar pressing the flange into conductive engagement with the ground plane.