Patent ID: 7397251

Claim:
A device for testing electrical connectivity of an electrical connector, the device comprising: a non-conductive body defined by a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, a front surface and an opposite rear surface, and opposing side surfaces; first and second electrically conductive contact pins extending into the body and having an exposed portion proximate the bottom surface, wherein the exposed portion is operable to contact and electrically couple with electrically conductive spring contact pins of a mating electrical connector when the body is at least partially inserted into the mating electrical connector; a first electrical conductor having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first conductor electrically coupled with the first contact pin within the body; an electrical resistor having a first end and a second end, the first end of the resistor electrically coupled with the second end of the first conductor; an electrical battery having a first electrical polarity and a second electrical polarity, the first electrical polarity electrically coupled with the second end of the electrical resistor; an indicator having a first end and a second end, the first end of the indicator electrically coupled with the second polarity of the battery; a second electrical conductor having a first end and a second end, the first end electrically coupled with second end of the indicator and the second end of the second electrical conductor electrically coupled with the second contact pin within the body, wherein inserting the body into the mating electrical connector causes the indicator to indicate a closed circuit when the first and second contact pins contact electrically coupled spring pins in the mating electrical connector; and a spacer device attached to and extending downward from a portion of the bottom surface to raise the bottom surface of the body above an inner bottom surface of the mating electrical connector when the body is inserted into the mating electrical connector.