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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Applicant:
David Alcoe, Vestal, NY (US);
Inventor:
David Alcoe, Vestal, NY (US);
Assignee:
Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc., Endicott, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A test apparatus and method in which a compressible housing is used to retain an electronic component having conductors thereon. The compressible housing is lowered onto a suitable base member having upstanding probes which are also compressible and which physically engage respective ones of the conductors at one end thereof and an appropriate conductor (e.g., conductive pads on a printed circuit board) on the other when the test apparatus is fully assembled and testing occurs.