Electrical contact-making apparatus as well as an electrical contact-making method
OwnerRainer Schmidinventor
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Abstract
An electrical contact-making apparatus for testing electrical units, having at least one contact element which operates on the bent-wire principle and is guided such that it can move axially and can rotate in at least one guide hole of a guide device through which the contact element passes. The contact element has an offset at a location along its length and in the form of a side deflection which points in at least one first direction. The guide hole has at least one guide section which points in at least one lateral, second direction for the contact element, with the first direction including an angle (α) which is not equal to zero with respect the second direction. A corresponding method of operating the apparatus is disclosed.
Claims21
An electrical contact-making apparatus for testing electrical units, the apparatus comprising:
- a guide element having at least one guide hole therein;
- at least one contact element which operates on the bent-wire principle and which passes through the respective at least one guide hole, the contact element is guided in the respective guide hole such that the contact element can move axially and can rotate in the respective guide hole;
- the contact element including an offset located along the length thereof, and the offset is in the form of a lateral deflection of the contact element, the deflection of the contact element points in at least one first direction;
- the guide hole includes at least one guide section for the contact element and the guide section extends in at least one lateral, second direction to form with the first direction an included angle (α) that is not equal to zero.
An electrical contact-making apparatus for testing electrical units, comprising
- at least one contact element which operates on the bent-wire principle;
- at least one guide element operable for guiding axial and rotary motion of the contact element, whereby the contact element is guided such that it can move axially and can rotate in the at least one guide element;
- the contact element including an offset located along the length thereof, and the offset is in the form of a lateral deflection of the contact element, the deflection of the contact element points in at least one first direction;
- the guide element is moveable in at least one lateral, second direction to form with the first direction an included an angle (α) that is not equal to zero.
An electrical contact-making method for testing an electrical unit for use with an electrical contact making apparatus having at least one contact element which operates on the bent-wire principle and is mounted such that it can move axially and can rotate with respect to a guide device for the contact element, the contact element having an offset along the length of the contact element in the form of a lateral deflection which points in at least one first direction,
- the method comprising guiding the contact element in the area of the deflection thereof by contacting an end of the contact element with an electrical unit, in a manner such that the deflection in the contact element is moved in a second direction that forms an included angle which is not equal to zero with respect to the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.