Patent ID: 6876530

Claim:
A probe and connector assembly for use in a socketless fixture and for providing electrical contact with electrical circuits during testing thereof, said assembly comprising: a probe comprising: an electrically conductive tubular housing; an electrically conductive plunger captively disposed in the electrically conductive tubular housing in electrically conductive contact therewith and having a circuit contacting tip urged outward from the housing under the force of a longitudinally compressed coil spring; said tubular housing having a first end portion through which the plunger extends to the tip and by which the plunger is retained in the housing and a second end defining an opening; and an electrically conductive connector comprising: a pin end sized to achieve an interference fit with said housing second end when disposed within said opening, said end pin providing electrically conductive connection between the connector and the probe when disposed within said opening; and a termination end having a wire jack receptacle for pluggably receiving a wire jack pin.