Abstract: In the present invention, a housing includes a first opening in a first edge region facing a pin of a ball stud, the ball stud protrudes from the first opening, a gap is provided between an inner wall of a cavity and an outer wall of a bearing shell, a lining is injected into the gap, and the housing further includes a second opening in a second edge region opposite from the first opening for injecting the lining through the cavity, and one or more structural elements for clamping the lining to the inner wall of the second opening.

Abstract: In the present invention, a housing includes a first opening in a first edge region facing a pin of a ball stud, the ball stud protrudes from the first opening, a gap is provided between an inner wall of a cavity and an outer wall of a bearing shell, a lining is injected into the gap, and the housing further includes a second opening in a second edge region opposite from the first opening for injecting the lining through the cavity, and one or more structural elements for clamping the lining to the inner wall of the second opening.

Abstract: Probe systems and methods including active environmental control are disclosed herein. The methods include placing a substrate, which includes a device under test (DUT), on a support surface of a chuck. The support surface extends within a measurement environment that is at least partially surrounded by a measurement chamber. The methods further include determining a variable associated with a moisture content of the measurement environment and receiving a temperature associated with the measurement environment. The methods also include supplying a purge gas stream to the measurement chamber at a purge gas flow rate and selectively varying the purge gas flow rate such that a dew point temperature of the measurement environment is within a target dew point temperature range. The methods further include providing a test signal to the DUT and receiving a resultant signal from the DUT. The systems include probe systems that perform the methods.

Abstract: In a method and devices for forming a temporary electrical contact to a solar cell for testing purposes, probes form a contact to the electrode terminals of a solar cell held by a sample holder. The probes are held by a probe holder and exhibit an elastic, electrically conductive contact element and at least one reference sensor. In order to form a contact, the solar cell and the probes are positioned in relation to each other, and then a probe is placed on an electrode terminal of the solar cell. To this end, a feed motion of the probe is carried out until a reference sensor of the probe generates a reference signal upon reaching a predefined distance. Then the feed motion is continued by a predefined path that goes beyond the contact element making contact with the electrode terminal, in order to carry out an overtravel.