Patent ID: 9291643
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G01R

Claim Text:
1. A current applying device for applying current by being in pressure-contact with an inspection target body, comprising: a contact body which surface-contacts with the inspection target body; a pressing body which presses the contact body to the inspection target body; and a latching plate which latches the contact body on side faces thereof; wherein the contact body and the pressing body are separate bodies, whereby the contact body is movably held between the pressing body and the latching plate so that the contact body is configured to rock, such that an entire surface of the contact body surface-contacts with a surface of the inspection target body uniformly, the pressing body electrifies the contact body while providing pressing force to each of a plurality of sections of the contact body, and wherein the contact body and the latching plate are formed such that side surfaces of both the inner portion of the latching plate and the outer portion of contact body are formed to have tapered parts, tapering towards the surface of the inspection target body side.