TEST PIN WITH REMOVABLE HEAD
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1. A translator pin comprising a body portion and a removable head portion positioned at one end of the body portion.
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Abstract
A translator pin having a body portion and a removable head portion positioned at one end of the body portion. The head includes a channel extending into the head for receipt of the body portion to provide a friction fit between the head the body portion. The channel may include detents to provide frictional engagement with the body portion of the translator pin.
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- 1. A translator pin comprising a body portion and a removable head portion positioned at one end of the body portion.
- 7. For use in a translator fixture for a printed circuit board tester of the type having a pattern of test probes on a base upon which the translator fixture is mounted, the translator fixture comprising a plurality of essentially parallel and vertically spaced apart rigid translator plates supported in a fixed positioned in the translator fixture and having selected patterns of holes aligned in the translator plates for containing and supporting translator pins extending through the translator plates for positioning the translator pins for contacting test points on a printed circuit board supported in an essentially horizontal position at one end of the translator fixture, the translator pins translating electrical test signals between the test points on the printed circuit board and the test probes on the base of the tester, the improvement in which the translator fixture includes a plurality of removable heads for the translator pins, wherein the head include means for engaging the translator pins.
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