Patent ID: 6280236
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: G01R,H01R,H04Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A connector testing system, comprising:a bridge clip having a body and a test lead connected thereto;a connector having a top portion and a bottom portion comprising a housing having a tapered test channel formed therein;said top portion being movable between an open position and a closed position, said top portion having therein at least one wire insertion hole, having a longitudinal axis, for guidedly receiving a wire, said wire insertion hole having an entrance aperture for entry of said wire, said open position facilitating entry of said wire in said wire insertion hole;an electrically conductive terminal strip disposed within the connector, for mechanical and electrical mating with said wire when said top portion is in said closed position; anda stop connected to the top portion and positioned to abut the body of the bridge clip to prevent the test lead from being overinserted into the test channel;said housing including a side wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and a bottom wall substantially perpendicular to the side wall, the front wall and the rear wall and extending therebetween, the test channel being defined by a portion of each of the side wall, the front wall, the rear wall and the bottom wall, said longitudinal axis of said at least one wire insertion hole being independent of said test channel and oriented substantially parallel to said first and said second side walls and substantially perpendicular to said front and said rear walls.