Patent ID: 7965091

Claim:
A removable test plate for use with an electronic component handler, the test plate including a plurality of test pockets wherein at least one of the test pockets includes at least one corner relief and wherein: the removable test plate is ring-shaped; the at least one test pocket includes at least two corner reliefs; the at least one test pocket is defined by a radially-outer edge in parallel with a radially-inner edge and by opposing side edges perpendicular to the radially-outer edge and the radially-inner edge, outer limits of a length of the at least one test pocket defined by the opposing side edges and outer limits of a width of the at least one test pocket defined by the radially-inner and radially-outer edges; the at least one test pocket extends from the top surface of the test plate to a bottom surface of the test plate; and at least one of the at least two corner reliefs extends beyond the outer limits of the length and of the width of the at least one test pocket along only one of the radially-inner edge, the radially-outer edge and one of the opposing side edges.