Patent ID: 6437584
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A probing assembly for probing an electrical device comprising:(a) a rigid support: (b) a membrane assembly having a region overlying said support; (c) a plurality of elongate non-upright contacts supported by said region, each of said contacts having a length and a contacting portion spaced apart from the axis of moment of said contact, and each contact being electrically connected to a corresponding conductor that extends into said region; (d) a control mechanism operating in respect to each contact to urge each contact, when placed into pressing engagement with said electrical device, into tilting motion so that different portions of each contact move different distances relative to said support so that each contact is driven in accordance with said tilting motion into lateral scrubbing movement across said electrical device, and each contact remaining supported by said membrane assembly along substantially all of said length during the tilting motion.