Patent ID: 8062039

Claim:
A four-wall adjustable test socket for aligning an electronic device with an array of spring probes mounted in a test fixture plate, the four-wall adjustable test socket comprising: a base plate secured to the test fixture plate; a cam ring plate adjustably secured to the base plate, wherein the cam ring plate comprises: a plurality of cam profile arcuate slots evenly positioned around the cam ring plate, wherein each cam profile arcuate slot defines a passageway through the cam ring plate, and four adjustable wall members comprising at least a first wall member and a second wall member, wherein each adjustable wall member comprises a base and a nose, the first wall member comprising a first nose and the second wall member comprising a second nose, wherein each adjustable wall member is positioned between the base plate and the cam ring plate; wherein the cam ring plate and the first wall member and the second wall member are configured such that a rotation of the cam ring plate relative to at least the first wall member causes a separation between the first nose and the second nose to vary as a function of the rotation.