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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154305 | Systems, methods, and apparatus for connection fault self-monitoring with DC bias current Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for providing connection fault self-monitoring with DC bias current. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for obtaining measurements and detecting c... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8067944 | USB component tester A universal serial bus (USB) component tester for testing a USB component that has a plug and a USB port includes a connector, a USB port, and a first indicator. The connector includes a first power pin, a first data pin connected to the first power pin, a second da... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8058882 | Determining electrical characteristics of an electrical cable To characterize an electrical cable that is deployed in a well, a voltage input is applied to the electrical cable at an earth surface location, where the well extends from the earth surface location. A current response resulting from the voltage input is measured a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8040140 | Method and apparatus for identifying broken pins in a test socket A method includes scanning a test socket after removal of a device under test to generate scan data. The scan data is compared to reference data. A presence of at least a portion of a pin in the test socket is identified based on the comparison. A test system includ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035398 | Arrangement to detect a fault electrical connection An arrangement to detect a fault electrical connection in a wind turbine is provided. According to the arrangement, an ozone sensor is located close to a dedicated electrical connection within the wind turbine. A certain amount of ozone gas, which is generated by a ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7982468 | Apparatus and method for testing electrical interconnects with switches A test system including a package with switchable paths. The package may have conductive paths that are selected by switches. The electrically switchable conductive paths may yield increased data without significantly increasing the required testing hardware. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7965088 | Method for determining the type of connection of at least two electrical devices and system comprising several electric devices The invention relates to a method for determining the type of connection of at least two electric devices (5) whereby each device comprises a similar connector arrangement. The aim of the invention is to increase the reliability during the starting up process... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7956618 | Additional pins on a USB connector An electronic device includes a receptacle for communicating information via a first communication circuit and a second communication circuit different from the first communication circuit, the receptacle including a plurality of electrically conductive contacts hav... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7928738 | Detecting system for detecting connection of connectors and connector assemblies having same A detecting system for detecting the connection of two connectors includes a number of first and second linking lines. The detecting system includes a number of first detection switches, a number of pull-down resistors, a number of second detection switches, a numbe... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7863906 | Systems and methods for determining the configuration of electronic connections Systems and methods for determining the configuration of a connection between two devices by measuring an electrical characteristic are provided. Using the measured electrical characteristic, a device is able to select an appropriate communication interface, such as... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7843198 | Electrical connecting apparatus An electrical connecting apparatus for use in an electrical inspection of a tester and a device under test. The electrical connecting apparatus is provided with a probe assembly to be tightened by tightening screw members toward the support member and having a wirin... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7834640 | System and method for testing electrical connection An electrical connection testing system for testing existence of an electrical connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided between the first and second electronic device... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7830154 | Continuity tester adaptors An electrical continuity tester adaptor for attaching to a conventional continuity tester comprising first, second and third members. The first member is operably configured to engage a female F-type connector. The second member is operably configured to engage a fe... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7772853 | Semiconductor device Provided is a semiconductor device determining connection status between an output terminal connected to an output buffer and an external device, the semiconductor device including a test voltage generating circuit to generate test voltage for changing voltage of th... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7696760 | High voltage harness testing system A wire harness testing system is disclosed. The wire harness testing system includes a voltage sensor configured to measure a voltage at a location associated with an electric load, wherein the electric load is connected with at least one wire harness. The wire harn... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7696759 | Alternator and starter tester with alternator cable check An alternator and starter motor tester system having alternator cable check. The alternator cable connector is specific to an alternator type. The cable connector is monitored so that if it fails a certain alternator type for a predetermined number of times in a row... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7667465 | Lead insertion system and method A system for determining whether a lead is securely inserted into a connector includes an actuator for moving the lead to a plurality of positions, a position sensor for measuring a position of the lead relative to the connector, and a force sensor for measuring an ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7612568 | Open-circuit testing system and method The invention discloses a testing system and method suitable for determining the connection state of an electronic component in an electronic device assembly. In an embodiment, the testing system comprises a signal sensing unit configured to provide a sensed signal ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7589536 | Systems and methods for determining the configuration of electronic connections Systems and methods for determining the configuration of a connection between two devices by measuring an electrical characteristic are provided. Using the measured electrical characteristic, a device is able to select an appropriate communication interface, such as... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7586313 | Determining electrical characteristics of an electrical cable To characterize an electrical cable that is deployed in a well, a voltage input is applied to the electrical cable at an earth surface location, where the well extends from the earth surface location. A current response resulting from the voltage input is measured a... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7573272 | Antenna reconfiguration verification and validation A method of testing the electrical functionality of an optically controlled switch in a reconfigurable antenna is provided. The method includes configuring one or more conductive paths between one or more feed points and one or more test point with switches in the r... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7525319 | Method and apparatus to electrically qualify high speed PCB connectors A method of electrically qualifying high speed printed circuit board (PCB) connectors includes mounting a PCB connector on a test card, sending bit patterns through a first portion of the test card, evaluating a waveform on a sense signal on a second portion of the ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7514937 | Method and apparatus for interconnect diagnosis A system configured to detect faults in signal lines. A system includes a first component configured to communicate with a second component via a signal path including one or more signal traces. Sense signal lines are manufactured such that at some point they are in... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7511508 | Fixture characteristic measuring device, method, program, recording medium, network analyzer, and semiconductor test device There are measured characteristics of a jig (fixture) used to calculate and measure circuit parameters of a device under test. There is provided a jig characteristic measuring device which measures the jig characteristics of a jig which includes signal lines used to... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7495452 | Wire harness checker and wire harness checking method Disclosed is a wire harness checker and a wire harness checking method, which are capable of determining whether a terminal of a terminal-fitted wire is adequately inserted in a connector housing, without contact with the wire and the terminal, objectively and relia... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7463038 | Slant detection device A slant detection device is used for detecting whether the to-be-tested pin of a connector is slanted. The connector has a socket. The to-be-tested pin is disposed in the socket. The detection device includes a detector and a sensor. The detector includes a body, a ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7433860 | Method and system for labeling communications cables A method, system, and medium are provided for generating labels to tag cables of a communications network. The includes creating a set of label records to be stored in a storage component; receiving search criteria for retrieving all or a portion of the label record... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425833 | Broad-band low-inductance cables for making Kelvin connections to electrochemical cells and batteries A broad-band technique for reducing the distributed inductance of a four-conductor Kelvin cable is disclosed. A special inductance-canceling cable section is connected in tandem with the cable section contacting the cell/battery. Connections between the two cable se... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7411405 | Method and apparatus for reliable network cable connectivity Methods and apparatus establish and maintain reliable network cable contacts that mitigate disconnecting effects by transmitting an AC signal with a frequency that reduces the disconnecting effects. The signal frequency may be statically or dynamically selected. The... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408361 | Detection circuit for measurement of test lead and using the same A detecting method of a detecting circuit with a plugged test lead. The method includes setting an operation mode of the detecting circuit by a recognizing unit, transmitting a signal to the recognizing unit by an oscillating unit when the test lead plugs or unplugs... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403021 | Testing circuit for a data interface A testing circuit for an interface includes a load feeding circuit and a voltage testing circuit. The load feeding circuit includes a resistance-regulating unit, a first comparator, a pass element, and a capacitor. The resistance-regulating unit is connected to a po... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397251 | Device for testing connectivity of a connector including spring contact pins A device for testing connectivity is provided. The device includes a first connector including a contact pin and a spacer for biasing the contact pin away from a spring contact pin of a second connector, when the first connector is inserted into the second connector... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394260 | Tuning a test trace configured for capacitive coupling to signal traces A method of tuning a test trace that is capacitively coupled to a number of signal traces. A method for determining a configuration of a device comprising signal traces and a capacitively coupled test trace may include selecting a test frequency of a test signal to ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388391 | Method for evaluating at least one electrical conducting structure of an electronic component An apparatus and method for evaluating the integrity of each contact pin of an electronic component having multiple contact pins. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a test device and a measuring instrument. The test device comprises a component fixture config... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385738 | Read module, poor connection detection apparatus and poor connection detection method of read module A read module includes: a light source that applies light to an original to read an image; a photoelectric conversion section that converts reflected light from the original into an image signal of the image; and a connector to be electrically connected to a control... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386411 | Automatic hi-pot test apparatus and method An exemplary automatic hi-pot test apparatus (20) includes a high voltage supply (21), a transmission device configured for transmitting an electronic device (26) to be tested, a connecting device electrically connected to the high voltage suppl... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375533 | Continuity tester adaptors An electrical continuity tester adaptor for attaching to a conventional continuity tester comprising first, second and third members. The first member is operably configured to engage a female F-type connector. The second member is operably configured to engage a fe... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365552 | Surface mount package fault detection apparatus A fault detection apparatus for surface mount packages is provided. The apparatus can include a retainer for releasably securing a circuit board such as a printed circuit board having an electrical component mounted thereon via a ball grid array surface mount packag... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365547 | Circuit arrangement for a corrosion protection current feed and for a line test for two-wire lines A circuit arrangement for a line test and for feeding a corrosion protection current into a two-wire line comprises a controllable ramp generator for producing a ramp voltage, at least one first test impedance to be connected to a first line of a two-wire line, at l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362106 | Methods and apparatus for non-contact testing and diagnosing of open connections on non-probed nodes A method and apparatus for detecting open defects on non-probed node under test of an electrical device using capacitive lead frame technology is presented. In accordance with the method of the invention, a probed node neighboring the non-probed node under test is s... | 04/22/2008 |
