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Pemstar, Inc.

Terra Ferma, LLC

Robert S Wolski

Forrest D Titcomb

Dennis L Roark

A ruggedized programable switch accepts multiple forms of current from a plurality of sources and thereafter conditions and balances the current to provide a reliable common grounding plane of current for an end user. The common plane reduces electrical noise and interference through grounding loops preventing crosstalk between adjacent circuits while prioritizing current sources feeding the common plane. Components necessary to provide such a common plane of current are housed within a sealed, ruggedized protective housing. The housing passively conveys heat generated by the interiorly protected components to a plurality of heat dissipating fins and channels on the housing's exterior maintaining the device's operational capability. At the same time the housing protects the components from adverse environments and from adverse handling such as might be experienced in remote locations

Ruggedized programmable power switch

An ergonomic tester for an electronic device under test (EDUT). A tester circuit card is disposed within an enclosed chassis for creating a plurality of predetermined test conditions for the EDUT. A monolithic fixture frame formed from a single piece of material provides unitary lateral supports with pivot points for an ergonomic loading handle assembly, a unitary fan support and a unitary base for supporting a monolithic translatable carriage for engaging and positioning the EDUT during loading and testing. A spring-probe block connector assembly is retained by the unitary lateral supports of the monolithic fixture frame to engage a mating connector in the EDUT when loaded. The spring-probe block connector assembly has one or more mechanical locating elements each for engaging a corresponding mechanical locating element in the EDUT. The ergonomic loading handle assembly is movably engaged to the monolithic fixture frame and rotatably engaged to the monolithic translatable carriage so that the loading handle is moveable from a loaded position to an unloaded position. A single movement of the loading handle urges the EDUT on the monolithic translatable carriage toward and into engagement with the spring-probe block connector assembly or away from and out of engagement with the spring-probe block connector assembly. A spring-loaded pin in the ergonomic loading handle assembly operates to retain the loading handle at the loaded position, whereby the EDUT is held engaged to the spring-probe block connector assembly for testing. The apparatus is modular and may be embodied as a multi-bay testing station.

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Colorado Springs, CO, United States of America

Robert S Wolski