Patent ID: 7311239
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for attaching a curved elongated probe to a substrate for use with a vacuum source, the apparatus comprising: a body portion having a first end and a second end; a tip portion disposed at the first end of the body portion, the tip portion having a first external surface disposed at a first angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the body portion and a second external surface disposed at a second angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the body portion, wherein the second angle is different than the first angle, the first external surface having a first elongated slot disposed therein shaped to accept a first portion of the curved elongated probe, the second external surface having a second elongated slot disposed therein shaped to accept a second portion of the curved elongated probe; a first orifice extending from the second end of the body portion to the tip portion; a first plurality of second orifices extending from the first elongated slot disposed within the first external surface of the tip portion to the first orifice so that when a vacuum is provided to the first orifice, the vacuum is also provided to the first plurality of second orifices disposed in the first elongated slot to secure the first portion of the curved elongated probe to the first elongated slot disposed in the first external surface of the tip portion and to cover at least two orifices of the first plurality of second orifices; and a second plurality of second orifices extending from the second elongated slot disposed within the second external surface of the tip portion to the first orifice so that when a vacuum is provided to the first orifice, the vacuum is also provided to the second plurality of second orifices disposed in the second elongated slot to secure the second portion of the curved elongated probe to the second elongated slot disposed in the second external surface of the tip portion and to cover at least two orifices of the second plurality of second orifices.