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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Karl A. Rinder, Portland, OR (US);
Neil C. Clayton, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Richard A. Booman, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A connector has a housing with an aperture formed therein having one portion larger than the other portion. The housing is mounted on the device under test with the housing positioned over a plurality of electrical contacts. An electrical load is positioned within the larger aperture of the housing and has a plurality of resistors disposed adjacent to an electrical contact assembly. A resilient member is positioned between the electrical load and the device under test such that a force directed on the electrical load compresses the resilient member to allow contact between a plurality of electrical contacts of the electrical contact assembly and the plurality of the electrical contacts on the device under test. Removing the force decompresses the resilient member and disconnects the plurality of contacts of the electrical contact assembly from the plurality of electrical contacts of the device under test.