Patent ID: 7338293

Claim:
Apparatus for electrically connecting a lead of an integrated circuit to be tested to a corresponding terminal of a load board at a test site, comprising: a housing having oppositely facing surfaces, a first approachable by an integrated circuit to be tested and a second proximate the load board, a slot extending through said housing from a first of said oppositely facing surfaces to a second of said oppositely facing surfaces; a contact receivable in said slot having a first end engagable by the lead and a second end in engagement with the terminal, said contact being movable between a first orientation unengaged by the lead of the integrated circuit and a second orientation in which said first end of said contact is engaged by the lead of the integrated circuit and urged into said slot; and means for biasing said contact to said first orientation; wherein, as said contact is moved between said first and second orientations thereof, sliding motion of said second end of said contact across the terminal is precluded.