Abstract: An engaging device of a Mass-Interconnect includes an interchangeable test adapter (ITA) and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes an actuator, a flexible latch overlaying the actuator, a sleeve encompassing the flexible latch, and an over-dead-center (ODC) link connected to the actuator. The locking mechanism is configured to engage and disengage from the ITA.

Abstract: An engaging device of a Mass-Interconnect includes an interchangeable test adapter (ITA) and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a slide movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, a dual cam including a first cam arm and a second cam arm respectively configured to contact a first slide leg and a second slide leg to drive the slide between the engaged and disengaged positions, and plurality of contact pads disposed on the slide at regions engaged by the dual cam, the contact pads being made of a resilient polymeric material. The contact pads provide elastic compressibility that enables the receiver and ITA to achieve a substantially zero-gap condition at their mating surfaces while the locking mechanism advances into an over-dead-center locked state.

Abstract: An engaging device of a Mass-Interconnect includes an interchangeable test adapter (ITA) and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes an actuator, a flexible latch overlaying the actuator, a sleeve encompassing the flexible latch, and an over-dead-center (ODC) link connected to the actuator. The locking mechanism is configured to engage and disengage from the ITA.

Abstract: An engaging device in a Mass-Interconnect, which provides an apparatus and method to change test adapters for testing applications. An engaging device of a Mass-Interconnect includes an interchangeable test adapter (ITA) and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a plunger having a plunger head at a first end thereof, a leaflet insert disposed over the plunger, a sleeve disposed over the leaflet insert, an over-dead-center (ODC) link connected to the plunger at a second end thereof opposite to the first end, and a rotatable handle connected to the ODC link. The plunger, the leaflet insert, and the sleeve of the locking mechanism engage or disengage the ITA when a user rotates the rotatable handle.

Abstract: An engaging device in a Mass-Interconnect, which provides an apparatus and method to change test adapters for testing applications. An engaging device of a Mass-Interconnect includes an interchangeable test adapter (ITA) and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a plunger having a plunger head at a first end thereof, a leaflet insert disposed over the plunger, a sleeve disposed over the leaflet insert, an over-dead-center (ODC) link connected to the plunger at a second end thereof opposite to the first end, and a rotatable handle connected to the ODC link. The plunger, the leaflet insert, and the sleeve of the locking mechanism engage or disengage the ITA when a user rotates the rotatable handle.