Patent ID: 7145351

Claim:
An electrical inspection apparatus comprising: a reference position regulating member, which is brought into contact with a first surface of a printed board so as to fix the printed board at a reference position with respect to a normal direction; a pressing member, which is brought into contact with a second surface of the printed board opposite to the first surface so as to hold the printed board at the reference position with the reference position regulating member; and at least one inspection probe that is brought into contact with the printed board, the apparatus being adapted such that the at least one inspection probe may be: (a) brought into contact with the printed board so as to be arranged in a direction of said first surface of the printed board and guided by said reference position regulating member so as to contact with a prescribed position of said first surface of the printed board which differs from a first area in which said reference position regulating member is brought into contact with the printed board, and/or (b) brought into contact with the printed board so as to be arranged in a direction of said second surface of the printed board and guided by said pressing member so as to contact with a prescribed position of said second surface of the printed board which differs from a second area in which said pressing member is brought into contact with the printed board.