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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083548 | Probe connector A probe connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of probe pins and a shielding shell. The insulating housing has a base body and a tongue portion. The insulating housing defines a plurality of inserting holes penetrating through the base body and the to... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8043103 | Electronic component connecting apparatus, electronic unit and electronic apparatus An electronic component connecting apparatus includes an electronic component connecting section connected to an electronic component having terminals, a circuit board connecting section which is connected to a circuit board and which is electrically connects at lea... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7349223 | Enhanced compliant probe card systems having improved planarity Several embodiments of enhanced integrated circuit probe card and package assemblies are disclosed, which extend the mechanical compliance of both MEMS and thin-film fabricated probes, such that these types of spring probe structures can be used to test one or more ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331795 | Spring probe-compliant pin connector Provided is an electrical connector for interconnecting electrical components such as a printed wiring assembly to one or more additional printed wiring assemblies. The connector includes a housing containing one or more compliant pins, one or more spring probes, an... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311539 | Duplex plug adapter module A duplex plug adapter module includes a dielectric housing having a forward end and a rearward wire receiving end. The housing is configured to be mechanically coupled to first and second signal cables. A contact is held within the housing. The contact has a forward... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7240427 | Pin contact and method and apparatus for its manufacture A pin contact for pressing into electrical engagement with a plated section in a hole in a circuit board. The contact includes a deformable portion for engaging the plated section with a feed-through portion and a terminal portion at opposite ends thereof. An end pa... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232340 | Methods and systems for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors The present invention relates to methods and systems for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors. Specifically, an apparatus for reducing crosstalk in the form of a termination cap for a connector is disclosed. The cap is manufactured of a material configured ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231704 | Contact spring and socket combination for high bandwidth probe tips A high-bandwidth electrical test probe having a probe contact spring of reduced size and characteristic capacitance is presented. The probe includes a contact spring connected at one end to the input port of a probe circuit. The opposite end of the contact spring en... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7154286 | Dual tapered spring probe A contact spring probe includes a plunger and a spring with a pair of opposed closed coils separated by an open coil. The plunger is secured at one end to one set of closed coils with a shoulder, flange or barb extending from the body of the plunger. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7102369 | Contact pin, connection device and method of testing A contact pin a connection device, and a method of testing. The contact pin may include a barrel (for example, a cylindrical barrel) having a screw thread on an inside wall, a contact tip formed at an end of the barrel, a spring located inside the barrel and having ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7025628 | Electronic probe extender An electronic probe extender. In representative embodiments, an electronic probe extender is disclosed which includes a probe connector that is capable of electronic contact to an electronic test probe, an electronic signal conductor connected electronically to the ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6999888 | Automated circuit board test actuator system An apparatus and method for automatically inserting connectors and coupling test probes to circuit boards, such as computer system boards and the like. The apparatus enables connectors to be automatically inserted into mating connectors on a circuit board device und... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992496 | Apparatus for interfacing electronic packages and test equipment A test apparatus for testing electrical devices such as ICs is provided. The test apparatus includes a test socket mounted on a DUT board in which a contact plunger assembly is at least partially positioned. ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6957986 | Compressible pin assembly A compressible pin assembly includes a barrel, a contact pin and an elastic element. The contact pin is arranged within the barrel. The contact pin has a contact element. The elastic element is arranged within the barrel to bias the contact pin, so that the contact ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6902416 | High density probe device A probe block assembly has an electrically insulative housing and an electrically conductive plate. The front side of the housing has a forward face and a recessed face. The electrically conductive plate is positioned against the recessed face of the housing. A plur... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6723919 | Crossbox with sliding binding post mechanism A connection box including a binding post and a sliding binding post mechanism. The sliding binding post mechanism includes a top rail, a bottom rail, a side rail slidably engaged in the top rail and the bottom rail, and a binding post connector mechanism slidably e... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6685492 | Sockets for testing electronic packages having contact probes with contact tips easily maintainable in optimum operational condition An electrical socket (10) mounts a plurality of electrical contact probes (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32) for providing an electrical connection between terminals of an electronic package (1,1') received in a seat (10d) formed in the socket and respective co... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6599144 | Sealed testable electrical contact arrangement The invention relates to an electric contact array having two contacts between which an electrically conductive connection exists, wherein the contact array is watertight and dust-tight, wherein the contacts are disposed in a sealed area. According to the... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6351405 | Pad for integrated circuit device which allows for multiple probing and reliable bonding and integrated circuit device including the pad An integrated circuit device having a first type of pads with a probing portion and a bonding portion. The integrated circuit device includes a memory cell array, a logic circuit, and a plurality of the first type of pads and a plurality of a second type ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6340306 | Bridge clip for a connector A bridge clip for testing electrical connections includes a body and at least one test lead having a first end connected to the body, and a second end having a dimple formed thereon. In a second embodiment, a bridge clip for testing electrical connections... | 01/22/2002 |
| 5729437 | Electronic part including a thin body of molding resin A leadless package type electronic part, the cost and the size of which can be reduced and which exhibits excellent reliability, and an electronic part material for manufacturing the electronic parts. The electronic part of a leadless package type include... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5191280 | Electrical contact test probe A test probe device is attachable to alligator clips of test equipment for establishing electrical engagement between an electrical contact supported within an insulative housing, which is accessible through an opening therein and the test equipment. The ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4978312 | Tip attachment for circuit probe tester The attachment consists of a single length of resilient wire formed into a coil spring portion, a probe engaging portion and an elongated tip portion. The tip portion extends forwardly from the coil spring portion in a direction generally parallel to the ... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4924358 | Safety-sparkler wand w/chemiluminescent or electric-light illumination A juvenile's fantasy-wand so devised as to convey the visual illusion of a sparkedly burning Jul-4th device or fairy-tale magic-wand appearance, by virtue of employing myraid flexible fiberoptic-strands stemming outward from the upper-end of a rigid baton... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4798082 | Control-display device for an engine-equiped apparatus An engine-equipped apparatus including a control-display device which contains computing circuits into which is fed such data as the AC amperage data from an apparatus having an AC generator, and devices for displaying the data converted by these computin... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4700126 | Vehicular lamp circuit tester An automobile circuit tester is provided having an end connection receivable in the taillight socket, parking light socket, brake light socket or directional signal socket in place of the bulb. When a circuit is completed to the socket in which the tester... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4243285 | Clamp-plug type connector A combination clamp and plug type electrical connector comprising a longitudinally extended pair of electrically conductive jaws mounted for relative pivotal movement and protruding from a dielectric sleeve having slidably supported therein resilient mean... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4057313 | Test clip An alligator clip for testing electrical circuits is provided with a spring clip on one conductive leg of the alligator clip for slidably receiving a termination on a terminal board for testing the same.... | 11/08/1977 |
