Test head for testing electrical components
AssigneeSTS Instruments, Inc.
InventorsFillmore L. Vaughan, II, Daniel G. Metzer
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Abstract
A test head for testing electronic parts including a base having radial slots for receiving contact mounting assemblies. The contact mounting assemblies are removably mounted to the base and are radially adjustable in order to test parts having different diameters and bar counts. The contact mounting assemblies each include a piston cylinder and each removably receive a contact probe assembly carrying a plurality of spring loaded contact probes that are easily replaceable.
Claims19
A test head for testing electrical components comprising:
- a base having a planar surface and a center;
- at least one contact mounting assembly removably and adjustably connected to the base for radial adjustment with respect to the base;
- a piston cylinder mounted to the contact mounting assembly;
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- at least one contact probe assembly removably and slidably mounted to the contact mounting assembly, the contact probe assembly arranged to be driven radially towards the center of the base by actuation of the piston cylinder;
- wherein the base includes at least one radial slot, the contact mounting assembly slidably received in the radial slot.
A test head for testing electrical components comprising:
- a base having a center and at least one radial slot;
- at least one contact mounting assembly removably and adjustably connected to the radial slot for radial adjustment of the contact mounting assembly with respect to the base;
- a piston cylinder including a piston head mounted to the contact mounting assembly;
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- at least one contact probe assembly including a spring probe receptacle configured to engage with the piston head and at least one biased spring probe received in an end portion of the spring probe receptacle, the contact probe assembly removably and slidably mounted to the contact mounting assembly, the contact probe assembly arranged to be driven radially towards the center of the base by actuation of the piston cylinder.
A test head for testing electrical components comprising:
- a planar base having first and second faces and a center and at least one radial slot passing through the first and second face;
- at least one contact mounting assembly including at least one mounting pin for removable and slidably adjustable engagement with the radial slot and further having at least one radially spaced clearance hole;
- at least one mount having at least one radially spaced threaded hole that corresponds to the clearance hole;
- at least one mounting screw passing through the clearance hole to threadingly engage the threaded hole for radial adjustment and mounting of the contact mounting assembly with respect to the first face of the base;
- a piston cylinder including a piston head mounted to the contact mounting assembly;
- at least one contact probe assembly including a spring probe receptacle configured at one end to releasably engage the piston head and at least one biased spring probe received in an opposing end portion of the spring probe receptacle, the contact probe assembly removably and slidably mounted to the contact mounting assembly, the contact probe assembly arranged to be driven radially towards the center of the base by actuation of the piston cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.