Patent ID: 7449906

Claim:
A probe for testing an electrical device, comprising: (a) a mounting portion to be mounted on a base plate at an upper end portion of the probe; (b) an extended portion extending from an underside of the mounting portion; (c) an arm extending in a lateral direction from a lower end portion of the extended portion; wherein the arm includes first and a second arm portions and first and second connecting portions connecting said first and second arm portions respectively at their front end portions and base end portions, wherein the first and second arm portions extend laterally from the second connecting portion in a spaced-apart manner; and (d) a needle point portion positioned on an underside of the first connecting portion or the second arm portion of the arm; wherein the first and second arm portions are arc-shaped such that at least one of the entire first and second arm portions, the entire upper edge portions of the first and second arm portions, or the entire lower edge portions of the first and second arm portions are arcuate in the same direction.