Patent ID: 6577131
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: G01R,H01H,H01R

Abstract:
A motor test fixture for connection to motor terminal lugs, comprising:a housing including a plurality of external apertures positioned and formed to enclose the motor terminal lugs; an aperture in the housing; a chamber within the housing having a first end open to the aperture; a slide bar moveably located in the chamber and moveable between at least a first position and a second position; a plurality of plates moveably mounted in the housing to move between a motor lug engagement position and a motor lug disengagement position; a plurality of plate motivators, each plate motivator arranged on the slide bar to engage a respective one of the plates and, when the slide bar is in the first position, to motivate the respective plate to the lug disengagement position and, when the bar is in the second position, to motivate the respective plate to the lug engagement position; wherein the plate motivators include a first set of plate motivators on a first side of the slide bar and a second set of plate motivators arranged on a second opposite side the slide bar; and wherein the plurality of plates each include a plate portion lying generally in a plane, a post portion extending generally perpendicular to said plane and connected at a post first end, and a protrusion arranged from the post at a second post end.