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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2003
Mathew L. Gilk, Eagan, MN (US);
John W. O'sullivan, Hanover, MN (US);
David A. Johnson, Wayzata, MN (US);
Mathew L. Gilk, Eagan, MN (US);
John W. O'Sullivan, Hanover, MN (US);
David A. Johnson, Wayzata, MN (US);
JohnsTech International Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A grounding assembly for testing which can be readily changed is provided by an insert which is retained within an opening in a test socket. Flexible projections from the socket fit within grooves in the insert to provide the retention means. The insert is positioned within an opening in the socket adjacent to an opening containing a device under test (DUT). The insert is also between the DUT and a test board, and has contacts arranged such they connect ground contacts on the DUT to opposing contacts on the test board. The insert can provide different numbers, arrangements, and types of contacts as well as different materials for both the contact and contact body by merely changing the insert.