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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Mitsuo Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic-part inspection device comprises a plurality of terminals , a left terminal-retaining member and a left swinging member , and each terminal comprises a terminal base portion , a swinging arm portion , a contact portion and an engaging portion . The terminal base portion is located in the lower part of the terminal and retained in the left terminal-retaining member , and the swinging arm portion extends upward from the terminal base portion and is capable of undergoing elastic deformation to swing back and forth. The contact portion is located at the upper end of the swinging arm portion , and the engaging portion is also located at the upper end of the swinging arm portion . The left terminal-retaining member comprises base-receiving portions , which retain the terminal base portions of the terminals , and a counter surface provided on a middle wall that exists in the base-receiving portions . Furthermore, the left swinging member comprises pivotally engaging portions , which are positioned behind and against the contact portions of the terminals and are engaged to the engaging portions of the terminals