Patent ID: 9500673
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G01R

Claim Text:
1. A contact for use in a device for forming a plurality of temporary mechanical and electrical connections between a device under test having a plurality of terminals and a load board having a plurality of contact pads, each contact pad being laterally arranged to correspond to exactly one terminal, having a laterally oriented, housing longitudinally adjacent to the contact pads on the load board; a plurality of electrically conductive force contacts extending through longitudinal holes in the housing toward the device under test and being deflectable through the holes in the housing, each force contact in the plurality being laterally arranged to correspond to exactly one terminal; comprising: a plurality of electrically conductive sense contacts, each sense contact in the plurality being laterally arranged to correspond to exactly one force contact and exactly one terminal, each sense contact in the plurality extending toward the device under test proximate the corresponding force contact; wherein each sense contact in the plurality includes a fixed portion along the housing, a free portion extending hingedly away from the housing, and a hinged portion connecting the fixed portion and the free portion; wherein the hinged portion is laterally separated from the corresponding force contact; and wherein the free portion includes a portion at its distal end that extends adjacent to at least one side of a distal end of the corresponding force contact.