Patent ID: 7772864
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A contact probe comprising: a plurality of probes, each of the probes including: a conductive tube, having a peripheral wall extending in an axial direction of the tube, the peripheral wall defining a hole inside thereof; a conductive plunger, contained in at least one end side of the hole, and having a distal end part protruding outward from the hole in the axial direction of the tube; and a coil spring, contained in the hole, and adapted to elastically urge the plunger outward, wherein a cross section of the peripheral wall of the tube on a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the tube has a first width in a first direction in which the plurality of probes are arranged in a socket comprising of insulating material and a second width in a second direction different from the first direction, and the second width is greater than the first width.