Patent ID: 9046568
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A spring contact pin for an IC test socket comprising a spring barrel having a first barrel end and a second barrel end, a barrel spring in said spring barrel, a first conductive probe member projecting from the first barrel end of said spring barrel and being depressible into said spring barrel against said compression spring from a fully extended position to a compressed position, and a second conductive probe member projecting from the second barrel end of said spring barrel for making contact with a lead of a device under test (DUT), said second conductive probe member being non-depressibly fixed in relation to said spring barrel and including a tip end having a conical surface, said conical surface forming a tip angle for said tip end of between about 75 and 105 degrees and terminating at a termination point substantially centered at said tip end.