Patent ID: 7227365
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A device for holding connectors and inserting the connectors into receptacles for use in a testing apparatus testing a unit, the unit including one or more of the receptacles for enabling a connection to the unit, the testing apparatus including one or more of the connectors to connect with the one or more receptacles, said device comprising: a base movable in a direction toward the one or more receptacles; a connector holder for holding the one or more connectors, said connector holder being movable with the base and movable relative to the base; a biasing mechanism disposed relative to said connector holder for imparting a force directly to the connector holder to bias said connector holder toward the one or more receptacles, said biasing mechanism allowing said base, when the one or more connectors engage the one or more receptacles, to move relative to the one or more connectors to prevent over-insertion of the one or more connectors within the one or more receptacles.