CA2375326A1 - Test probe and connector - Google Patents

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CA2375326A1
CA2375326A1 CA002375326A CA2375326A CA2375326A1 CA 2375326 A1 CA2375326 A1 CA 2375326A1 CA 002375326 A CA002375326 A CA 002375326A CA 2375326 A CA2375326 A CA 2375326A CA 2375326 A1 CA2375326 A1 CA 2375326A1
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Arra D. Yeghiayan
Matthew R. Parker
Marco Deblois
Rene Melancon
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R1/00—Details of instruments or arrangements of the types included in groups G01R5/00 - G01R13/00 and G01R31/00
    • G01R1/02—General constructional details
    • G01R1/06—Measuring leads; Measuring probes
    • G01R1/067—Measuring probes
    • G01R1/06711—Probe needles; Cantilever beams; "Bump" contacts; Replaceable probe pins
    • G01R1/06716—Elastic
    • G01R1/06722—Spring-loaded
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R1/00—Details of instruments or arrangements of the types included in groups G01R5/00 - G01R13/00 and G01R31/00
    • G01R1/02—General constructional details
    • G01R1/06—Measuring leads; Measuring probes
    • G01R1/067—Measuring probes
    • G01R1/073—Multiple probes
    • G01R1/07307—Multiple probes with individual probe elements, e.g. needles, cantilever beams or bump contacts, fixed in relation to each other, e.g. bed of nails fixture or probe card
    • G01R1/07314—Multiple probes with individual probe elements, e.g. needles, cantilever beams or bump contacts, fixed in relation to each other, e.g. bed of nails fixture or probe card the body of the probe being perpendicular to test object, e.g. bed of nails or probe with bump contacts on a rigid support

Abstract

An improved probe (78) includes a conductive tubular housing (80) or body containing a coil spring (84) and a conductive plunger (82) movable in the housing (80) and having a contact tip (85) outwardly extending from one end of the housing (80). The plunger (82) and tip (85) are urged to a normally outward position by the bias force of the spring (84). The opposite end of the housing has an opening for mating with a conductive pin of a connector. The connector (96, 97) is retained in a mounting plate (52) of an associated fixture (40) and has terminal ends of desired configuration. The terminal end may include a wire-wrap pin, a crimp type terminal (113) for attachment to a wire (110), or the terminal may include a spring loaded pin (84) for engagement with an associated electrical contact. An air tight seal (170) may be provided between the probe and the connector and the connector may be mounted in a mounting such that when vacuum is applied to an associated test fixture (40), air cannot be drawn through the fixture or through the body of the probe.

Claims (11)

1. A probe, suitable for use in a socketless fixture and for providing electrical contact with electrical circuits during testing thereof, said probe comprising:
an electrically conductive tubular housing;
a circuit contacting electrically conductive plunger captively disposed in said electrically conductive tubular housing in electrically conductive contact therewith, said plunger having a circuit contacting tip urged outward from the housing under the force of a longitudinally compressed coil spring;
said tubular housing having a first end portion through which the plunger extends to the tip and by which the plunger is retained in the housing and a second end defining an opening sized to receive and retain an electrically conductive connector pin forming part of a connector to provide electrically conductive connection to the probe.
2. The probe of claim 1, wherein the opening is defined by a cylindrical wall portion of the housing, said cylindrical wall portion having at least one detent extending radially inward of the wall into the opening for resiliently retaining the connector pin within said opening.
3. The probe of claim 2, wherein said cylindrical wall portion includes three circumferentially spaced detents extending radially inward of the wall.
4. The probe of claim 2, wherein said cylindrical wall portion is of a smaller internal diameter than the internal diameter of an adjacent portion of the housing so as to provide an abutment for the spring.
5. A probe and connector assembly for use in a socketless fixture and for providing electrical contact with electrical circuits during testing thereof, said assembly comprising:
a probe comprising:
an electrically conductive tubular housing;
an electrically conductive plunger captively disposed in the electrically conductive tubular housing in electrically conductive contact therewith and having a circuit contacting tip urged outward from the housing under the force of a longitudinally compressed coil spring;
said tubular housing having a first end portion through which the plunger extends to the tip and by which the plunger is retained in the housing and a second end defining an opening;
an electrically conductive connector comprising:
a pin forming part of the connector and sized to achieve an interference fit with said housing second end when disposed within said opening, said pin providing electrically conductive connection between the connector and the probe when disposed within said opening.
6. The assembly of claim 5, wherein said connector has a pin end and a termination end and said connector includes a wire wrap terminal adapted for wire-wrap connection to an electrical conductor at said termination end.
7. The assembly of claim 5 wherein said connector has a pin end and an opposing termination end, said connector including an electrically conductive tubular body attached to said pin and an electrically conductive connector contact plunger disposed in said body in electrically conductive contact therewith and having an electrical contacting connector tip urged outward from said tubular body at said termination end of said connector under the force of a longitudinally compressed connector coil spring to allow wireless conductive contact with an electrical contact on an adjacent printed circuit board.
8. The assembly of claim 5, wherein said connector includes a tubular crimp portion adapted to receive an electrical conductor to permit a crimp conductive attachment of said connector to said conductor.
9. The assembly of claim 5, wherein the connector has an annular barb formed on the exterior thereof to provide captive mounting in an opening within a fixture plate.
10. The assembly of claim 5 wherein said connector has a cylindrical portion attached to said pin and said cylindrical body portion includes two annular externally extending beads for retaining said connector via a press fit in an opening within a fixture plate.
11. The assembly of claim 5 wherein said connector includes a tapered portion of increasing diameter extending between said pin and said body, said connector and probe forming a seal when said pin is disposed in assembled relation within said opening defined by said second end with, said second end in circumpherential abutting relation with said tapered portion of said connector.
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US20504500P 2000-05-18 2000-05-18
US60/205,045 2000-05-18
US09/759,980 US6570399B2 (en) 2000-05-18 2001-01-12 Test probe and separable mating connector assembly
US09/759,980 2001-01-12
PCT/US2001/015479 WO2001088557A1 (en) 2000-05-18 2001-05-14 Test probe and connector

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