Patent ID: 7761986
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: G01R,H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A probing assembly for probing an electrical device comprising: (a) a pair of contacts formed by locating conductive material within a plurality of depressions of a sacrificial substrate, each contact having a length and a contacting portion located nearer a first end of said length than a second end of said length, said contacting portions spaced apart but nearer to each other than said second ends are to one another and sufficiently near to each other to enable simultaneous contact with a single contact pad of said electrical device; (b) each contact being electrically connected to a corresponding conductor; and (c) an elastic assembly operating in respect to each contact to urge each contact, wherein each of said contacts is supported by a single continuous surface of said elastic assembly, when placed into pressing engagement with said electrical device, into tilting motion so that each contact is driven in accordance with said tilting motion into lateral scrubbing movement across said device, so that said lateral scrubbing movement of a first contact is opposite to that of the other contact of said pair.