Patent ID: 7456642
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A test probe assembly, comprising: a test probe; and means for supporting the test probe, said means for supporting the test probe including a probe-supporting housing that a user can hold in one hand; said test probe being disposed partially within the probe-supporting housing, and said test probe including first and second legs that extend distally from the probe-supporting housing to distal end portions of the first and second legs; whereby the probe-supporting housing limits contact of the first and second legs by the user when the user holds the probe-supporting housing and squeezes the distal end portions of the first and second legs toward first and second terminals on a DUT; wherein the distal end portions of the first and second legs include means for contacting terminals on the DUT, including opposing first and second terminal-contacting electrodes; wherein at least the first terminal-contacting electrode includes at least two electrically conductive elements, each of the two electrically conductive elements being moveable toward and away from the second terminal-contacting electrode independent of the other one of the two electrically conductive elements, thereby facilitating contact of the first terminal on the DUT by both of the two electrically conductive elements; and wherein the first and second legs are at least partially composed of a plurality of layers and the plurality of layers includes the two electrically conductive elements.