Patent ID: 7852096
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A heat sinking test jet for use in a circuit tester housed within an airtight enclosure, the circuit tester having a top surface with a portion of the top having a recessed receiving area therein said recessed area extending into said top surface, a bed for a circuit board under test, the test jet intended to contact at least one component on a circuit board on the bed the test jet comprising: a) a mounting element sized to be releasably received within said recessed area and extending generally orthogonally away from said top surface in order to contact at least one component on said circuit board when under test; b) a contact surface attached to said mounting element and capable of contacting a component on said circuit board under test; and c) length adjustable linkage on said test jet capable of altering the distance between said mounting element and said contact surface so that, said mounting element intimately engages said component irrespective of the height of said component.