Tool and method for evaluating a pin connector
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSteven F. Mastoris, Akbar Monfared, Ian Robert Inglis
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Abstract
A tool for evaluating a pin connector of a backplane preferably includes at least one connector having receptacles for receiving pins of a pin connector of a backplane. The receptacles are open at both ends so that ends of the pins are visible in the receptacles when the tool is seated on the pin connector.
Claims29
A tool for evaluating a pin connector of a backplane, said tool comprising at least one connector having receptacles for receiving pins of a pin connector of a backplane, said receptacles being open at both ends so that ends of said pins are visible in said receptacles when said tool is seated on said pin connector.
A method of making a tool for evaluating a pin connector of a backplane, said method comprising forming at least one connector having receptacles for receiving pins of a pin connector of a backplane, said receptacles being open at both ends so that ends of said pins are visible in said receptacles when said tool is seated on said pin connector.
A method of evaluating a pin connector of a backplane, said method comprising attempting to seat a tool on said pin connector, said tool comprising at least one connector having receptacles for receiving pins of a pin connector of a backplane, said receptacles being open at both ends so that ends of said pins are visible in said receptacles when said tool is seated on said pin connector.
A tool for evaluating a pin connector of a backplane, said tool comprising at means for receiving pins of a pin connector of a backplane such that said means will be obstructed from receiving said pins of said pin connector if any of said pins is bent.
The tool of claim, 25, further comprising handle means, connected to said means for receiving said pins, for handling said means for receiving said pins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.