Fixture for securing and electrically testing an electronic component in flat package with coplanar leads

Claim 1

A TEXT FIXTURE FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT IN A PACKAGE OF THE TYPE HAVING A FLAT ENCLOSURE WITH ELECTRICAL LEADS EXTENDING FROM THE SHORTEST SIDES OF THE FLAT ENCLOSURE, SAID TEST FIXTURE COMPRISING: A CIRCUIT BOARD OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING OPPOSITE MAJOR SURFACES WITH FIRST AND SECOND PATTERNS OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS RESPECTIVELY ON SAID MAJOR SURFACES, EACH CONDUCTOR EXTENDING FROM A POINT AT AN EDGE OF ONE OF SAID MAJOR SURFACES TO A TERMINATION AT AN INTERNAL POINT OF SAID SURFACE, THE CONDUCTORS ON ONE OF SAID SURFACES EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CIRCUIT BOARD TO A POSITION PROXIMATE THE INTERNAL TERMINATION OF THE PATTERN OF CONDUCTORS ON THE OTHER OF SAID SURFACES, SAID TWO PATTERNS OF CONDUCTORS BEING DISTINCT AND NOT CONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER; MEANS FOR POSITIONING A COMPONENT TO BE TESTED INCLUDING GROOVES FOR THE RECEPTION OF ELECTRICAL LEADS, SAID MEANS FOR POSITIONING DISPOSED ON THE SURFACE OF SAID CIRCUIT BOARD THAT HAS THE TERMINATIONS OF THE CONDUCTORS FROM THE OTHER SIDE THEREON SO THAT EACH OF SAID GROOVES LINES UP WITH AN INTERNAL POINT OF TERMINATION OF A CONDUCTOR OF EACH PATTERN OF CONDUCTORS; MEANS FOR CONFINING A COMPONENT TO BE TESTED WITHIN SAID MEANS FOR POSITIONING WITH THE LEADS THEREOF IN CONTACT WITH BOTH OF SAID PATTERNS OF CONDUCTORS.