Patent ID: 6446332
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for connecting a probe including electrical connections terminating on a circuit board and capable of being introduced into a receptacle of a connector plug including a plurality of half-shells that form a receptacle for the circuit board and carry on sides facing one another mating contacts for the connections of the circuit board, the half-shells being held together under tension by a U-shaped spring that surrounds the half-shells, the method comprising the steps of:introducing the connector plug between a plurality of displacing jaws; positioning the connector plug such that spreader extensions of the displacing jaws are directed toward an opening of the spring; spreading the spring apart over a predefined displacement by achieving an opposite-direction displacement of the spreader extensions introduced into the opening of the spring; and introducing the circuit board into the receptacle between the half-shells, the receptacle being capable of being enlarged, wherein the circuit board is held under tension between the half-shells of the connector plug by the spring as a result of at least one of a contraction and an extension of the spreader extensions.