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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Hidehiro Kiyofuji, Oita, JP;
Kiyotoshi Miura, Hirakawa, JP;
Akihisa Akahira, Hirakawa, JP;
Yoshinori Kikuchi, Hirosaki, JP;
Hidehiro Kiyofuji, Oita, JP;
Kiyotoshi Miura, Hirakawa, JP;
Akihisa Akahira, Hirakawa, JP;
Yoshinori Kikuchi, Hirosaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The object of the present invention is to prevent an operator from touching electronic elements arranged on an upper surface of a probe assembly of an electrical connecting apparatus at the time of carrying the electrical connecting apparatus and to restrict bowing of the probe assembly caused by the temperature difference between the upper surface and the lower surface of the probe assembly. An electrical connecting apparatuscomprises a probe assembly having a plurality of contactorson a lower surface and a plurality of electronic elementsarranged on an upper surface, a coverarranged on the upper surface of the probe assembly so as to close a spacein which the electronic elements are arranged, and two grippersattached to the cover. Each gripperhas one endand the other end, has a region ranging from one end to the other end formed approximately in a U-shape, and is attached to a main body portionof the cover at both the ends.