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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:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernd Ott, Gaildorf, DE;
Manfred Prokopp, Wertheim-Reicholzheim, DE;
Assignee:
atg test systems GmbH & Co. KG, Wertheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ;
Abstract
A probe for a circuit board tester as well as to an adapter and a circuit board tester. The probe comprises a needle and a sleeve, the needle being shiftingly guided in the sleeve and the needle protruding at least 10 mm from the sleeve, more particularly more than 20 mm. In one embodiment, the needle is conically tapered to a contact tip at least in a portion protruding from the sleeve. With the probe in accordance with the invention, adapters for circuit boards can be produced comprising contacts in high-density, the probes simultaneously acting resiliently.