Patent ID: 7311559

Claim:
An adapter for making simultaneous electrical contact with a plurality of terminal posts of a terminal strip, comprising: a housing; a removable cover on the housing; a plurality of pogo pins protruding through a surface of the housing, each including: an electrically conductive contactor having an inner end disposed inside of the housing and an outer end disposed outside thereof; and, a spring biasing the contactor outwardly from the housing; a wiring harness having a plurality of conductive wires, each having a proximal end electrically coupled to the inner end of a corresponding one of the contactors; and, a mechanism for detachably coupling the housing to the terminal strip such that the outer end of each of the pogo pin contactors is held in biased contact with a corresponding one of the terminal posts of the terminal strip, the coupling mechanism comprising: a fastener rotatable captivated on the cover and adapted to mate with a complementary fastener of the terminal strip; and, a knob on the fastener.