Patent ID: 9297832
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G01R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. In a contactor to be interposed between a contact load board and a device under test (DUT) having DUT contacts, the contactor including a plurality of having a plurality of contact pads, each contact pad being laterally arranged to correspond to one terminal, said terminals and said pads being generally in vertical axial alignment in pairs, comprising: a longitudinally compressible membrane unit for forming a plurality of temporary mechanical and electrical connections between a device under test, the unit having: a longitudinally resilient, electrically insulating interposer between the load board and device under test; a plurality of longitudinally slideable, electrically conductive pin pairs extending through longitudinal holes in the interposer and in direct resilient contact with the interposer, each pin pair in the plurality being laterally arranged to correspond to one terminal on the device under test; the plurality of pin pairs including a top and bottom contact, said pin pair contacts being in generally vertical axial alignment, the top contact having a top engagement surface which engages electrical connections to a device under test, said top engagement; the bottom contact for engaging a contact on the load board, said top and bottom contacts being generally axially aligned;