Testing Apparatus Incorporating Electrical Connector

A testing apparatus comprising

• a tester base;
• a supporting member attached to the tester base, the supporting member comprising a panel comprising a plurality of through holes and a plurality of ribs extending along a first direction;
• a frame attached to the supporting member, the frame comprising plurality of protrusions formed on opposite sides of the frame;
• one or more electrical connectors, each electrical connector comprising:
• a substrate extending along a longitudinal axis in the first direction and having two lateral sides spaced apart from and parallel to each other along the longitudinal axis, the substrate being made of an insulating material;
• and
• a plurality of contact members that are positioned on the substrate and that are arranged spaced apart from one another along the longitudinal axis, each of the contact members being made of an electrically conductive material, and having a base portion, and first and second arm portions that extend oppositely from the base portion away from the longitudinal axis and that are located outwardly of the respective lateral sides of the substrate, the first and second arm portions of said contact members being deformable towards the substrate,
• wherein the one or more electrical connectors are mounted on top of the plurality of ribs in the supporting members and each of the one or more electrical connectors is separated from an adjacent electrical connector by a respective pair of protrusions formed on opposite sides of the frame, and wherein each of the second arm portions of the plurality of contact members of each electrical connector are disposed in a respective through hole of the plurality of through holes of the panel of the supporting member.