Patent ID: 7059866

Claim:
Apparatus for electrically connecting a lead of the 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 extend 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 rollable across the terminal 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 rolled between said first and said second orientations thereof, sliding motion of said second end of said contact across the terminal is substantially eliminated.