Probe adapter and holder
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorAlexander Julian Pas
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Abstract
Apparatus is provided for precisely positioning and thereafter holding a probe connected to an oscilloscope or the like. The apparatus enables a single operator to position the probe and read and adjust the oscilloscope. The apparatus has a rod like means about which a nonconducting probe holder enjoys several degrees of freedom. The rod is connected to a weighted base by a clamp through which the rod may slide as part the gross positioning of the assembly and which clamp can be adjusted to finely position the rod and probe clamp assembly.
Claims6
Apparatus for holding a normally hand held electronic probe at a selected site on a printed circuit board comprising:
- a electronic probe holding clamp;
- a longitudinally extending arm;
- means for selectively positioning and locking said clamp along said arm at any angular location;
- a base placeable adjacent said printed circuit board;
- and
- means for attaching said arm to said base.
A method of facilitating manual electronic testing of sites on a printed circuit board comprising the steps of:
- providing a nonconducting clamp for holding an electronic probe;
- selectively positioning said clamp along and around a longitudinally extending arm;
- attaching said arm to a base with a swivel clamp and performing gross and fine adjustments in plural dimensions at said base to said arm and clamp holding said electronic probe, whereby said electronic probe is reliably and steadily held until manual repositioning occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.