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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Teradyne, Inc., North Reading, MA (US);
Inventors:
Gary Fowler, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Vladimir Vayner, Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Teradyne, Inc., North Reading, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/073 (2006.01); G01R 1/04 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/07378 (2013.01); G01R 1/0416 (2013.01); G01R 31/2834 (2013.01); G01R 31/2887 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example manipulator for transporting a test head includes: a tower having a base and a track, with the track being vertical relative to the base; an arm to enable support for the test head, with the arm being connected to the track to move the test head vertically relative to the tower; one or more motors to drive movement of the arm along the track; and pneumatic cylinders to control movement of the arm to cause the test head to apply an amount of force to a peripheral device.