Device for testing connectivity of a connector including spring contact pins
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsJoseph King, Bernard Fet, Shawn Hammer, Aaron Vowell
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Abstract
A device for testing connectivity is provided. The device includes a first connector including a contact pin and a spacer for biasing the contact pin away from a spring contact pin of a second connector, when the first connector is inserted into the second connector. The device also includes an indicator, coupled to the contact pin of the first connector, for indicating whether the contact pin of the first connector is in contact with the spring contact pin of the second connector.
Claims22
A device comprising:
- a first connector including a first contact pin and a spacer adjacent the first contact pin;
- a second connector including a cavity for receiving the first connector, the cavity including a second spring contact pin, the spacer on the first connector biasing the first contact pin away from the second spring contact pin upon insertion of the first connector into the cavity for reducing the likelihood that the second spring contact pin makes physical contact with the first contact pin;
- an indicator, coupled to the first contact pin of the first connector, for indicating whether the first contact pin of the first connector is in contact with the second spring contact pin of the second connector when biased by the spacer.
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A method comprising:
- providing a first connector including a first contact pin and a spacer adjacent the first contact pin;
- providing a second connector including a cavity for receiving the first connector, the cavity including a second spring contact pin, the spacer on the first connector biasing the first contact Pin away from the second spring contact pin upon insertion of the first connector into the cavity for reducing the likelihood that the second spring contact pin makes physical contact with the first contact pin;
- providing an indicator, coupled to the first contact pin of the first connector, for indicating whether the first contact pin of the first connector is in contact with the second spring contact pin of the second connector when biased by the spacer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.