Terminal tester
AssigneeActronix, Inc.
InventorsGary F. Schratz, Donald J. McBride
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Abstract
A terminal testing device provides an adapter customized to a port of a connector being tested so that force applied to the adapter identifies loose and fixed terminals in the connector. The adapter includes springs and push pins that correspond in number to the number of terminals being tested and has a face plate that corresponds to the type of connector being tested. The push pins provide force against the terminal end. Specifically, the device seats the adapter and connector to align both and permit force to be in line with terminal ends. The force applied to the terminal ends is uniform and controlled by means of the adapter and is obtained by a single driving means.
Claims18
A terminal testing adapter comprising:
- a housing;
- channels, said channels being disposed in the housing;
- a bias disposed in each said channel, said bias having a first end and a second end, said second end abutting a rear end of the housing;
- a push pin disposed at the first end of the bias, said push pin being aligned with said bias, said push pin being aligned with a terminal;
- a pressure plate, said pressure plate being disposed at a front end of the housing, said push pin being disposed by the pressure plate;
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- a face plate, said face plate defined within a portion of the pressure plate, said face plate receiving said push pin, said face plate dimensioned to correspond to a port of a connector retaining said terminal.
A terminal testing device comprising:
- a driving means, the driving means providing forward pressure;
- and
- a terminal testing adapter, the adapter being driven forward by the driving means, the adapter comprising:
- a housing,
- channels, said channels being disposed in the housing,
- a bias disposed in each said channel, said bias having a first end and a second end, said second end abutting a rear end of the housing,
- a push pin disposed at the first end of the bias, said push pin being aligned with said bias, said push pin being aligned with a terminal,
- a pressure plate, said pressure plate being disposed at a front end of the housing, said push pin being disposed by the pressure plate, and
- a face plate, said face plate being disposed by the pressure plate, said face plate receiving said push pin, said face plate being dimensioned to a port of a connector retaining said terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.