Patent ID: 7053643
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a housing including a first housing end portion having a surface and a round tapered wall formed within the first housing end portion and configured to progressively expand toward and terminate on the surface, with the tapered wall defining a tapered cavity with a substantially circular opening in the surface; a probe pin having a pin base portion rigidly mounted to the housing and a pin tip portion movably mounted to the housing for movement between a first position wherein the pin tip portion is disposed in a spaced-apart relationship with the pin base portion and protrudes into the tapered cavity, and a second position wherein the pin tip portion is moved toward the pin base portion relative to the first position; and the tapered cavity being configured and dimensioned to receive a coaxial connector, with a diameter of the substantially circular opening being greater than a diameter of the coaxial connector.