Claims
- 1. An electrical precision test connector assembly comprising an electrical conductor with conductive end portions and a hollow shell encircling the electrical conductor;
- wherein the electrical conductor comprises slotted contact end part with flat, opposing electrical contact surfaces and said portion being pinched for a slideable, clamping engagement, above and below, with an inserted tab lead to thereby maintain flat, biased electrical contact above and below a portion of the lead; the hollow shell comprises rear contact surface encircling the slotted contact end portion of the conductor and said rear contact surface having a profile with flat surfaces for fit to corresponding flat surfaces of the port of a fixed plate to prevent rotational movement of said electrical conductor within said port; and the test connector assembly further comprises a spring means positioned against the shell and biasing the shell into complete electrical contact of the rear contact surface with a corresponding body of a component which is to be tested;
- 2. The electrical precision test connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the electrical conductor is recessed at the end portion opposite the slotted end portion, for connection with a corresponding plug-type connector.
- 3. The electrical precision test connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the profile of said rear contact surface is substantially of the shape of a square with four flats, each disposed at 90 degrees around said annular face to permit the electrical conductor to be withdrawn from said fixed plate having interior flat surfaces and the electrical conductor rotated 90 degrees and replaced within the fixed plate with flats of its outer annular face engaging the flats of the fixed plate to prevent rotation of the conductor within the said fixed plate.
- 4. The electrical precision test connector of claim 1 wherein said electrical conductor further comprises an annular dielectric insert encircling the body of the conductor to form an enlarged annular waist and positioned within the hollow shell.
- 5. The electrical precison test connector of claim 4 wherein said hollow shell is further characterized by slots within said shell and said annular dielectric insert is further characterized by nubs complementary to said slots and secured therein to prevent relative rotational movement of said electrical conductor therein.
- 6. The electrical precision test connector of claim 5 wherein the electrical conductor is secured within the hollow shell to prevent relative rotational movement of said electrical conductor therein and thereby to permit extraction of the rear contact surface of said electrical precision test connector assembly from the port of said fixed plate, rotation of said assembly, including the conductor, spring means and shell, 90 degrees relative to said port, and reloading of the rear contact surface of the test connector within said port of the fixed plate.
- 7. The electrical precision test connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the hollow shell comprises a hollow jack body with said rear contact surface and an outer body with partial overlap portion with outward flange circumferential to the outer body and further comprising cup-shaped mounting member with inward lip encompassing the outer body to define an annular groove between outer body and mounting member.
- 8. The electrical precision test connector of claim 7 further comprising the spring means positioned within the annular groove with one end biased against the outward flange of the outer body and one end biased against the inward lip of the mounting member to urge the contact surface of the jack body into complete electrical contact with a corresponding body of a component which is to be tested.
- 9. The electrical precision test connector assembly of claim 8 wherein the electrical conductor is recessed at the end portion opposite the slotted end portion, for connection with a corresponding electrical conductor.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 400,619 filed Aug. 30, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,936,800. This invention relates to an electrical precision test connector assembly for disconnect connection to the tab lead of a ferrite component such as a circulator or isolator.
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