Test probe positioning device

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1998-05-11

2000-05-16

Ballato, Josie

Electricity: measuring and testing

Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se

With rotor

324758, 439 8, G01R 3102, H01R 3902

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060641959

ABSTRACT:
An alignment system for positioning a socket test probe in a socket of a printed circuit board to be tested. The socket test probe is self-aligning in the socket by use of a free-floating ball joint enclosed in a ball joint housing. The socket test probe is connected through a probe body to the ball joint, and is held in an immobilized position until it is ready to enter a socket. When entering a socket, the probe body is free floating about the ball joint, and the socket test probe aligns itself for entry into the socket by friction between the socket and the socket test probe. A clamp on the probe body immobilizes or frees the probe body with its attached socket test probe. The clamp is activated by air pressure.

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