Patent ID: 7955092

Claim:
A connection base assembly for an IC testing apparatus comprising: a base having a top and a bottom and comprising a bottom board having a top; and an outer frame formed around and connected to the bottom board and having a top; a bottom; and multiple grooves defined in the top of and extending to the bottom of the outer frame to form multiple through holes in the bottom of the outer frame; a top cap mounted securely on the top of the base and having a bottom and a positioning hole defined through the top cap and corresponding to the bottom board of the base; and a conductive assembly mounted between the base and the top cap and comprising multiple conductive elements mounted respectively in the grooves in the outer frame of the base and each comprising a contacting segment having a top edge, a bottom edge, an abutting end, a pressing end protruding from the top of the bottom board of the base and a protrusion formed on and protruding from the top edge at the pressing end of the contacting segment; and a connecting segment formed on and protruding from the bottom edge of the contacting segment and extending into the through hole of a corresponding groove; multiple top resilient elements mounted on the top of the base and abutting against the abutting ends of the contacting segments of the conductive elements; and multiple bottom resilient elements mounted on the bottom of the base and abutting with the connecting segments of the conductive elements.