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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:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Microfabrica Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard T. Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Ezekiel J. J. Kruglick, San Diego, CA (US);
Vacit Arat, Pasadena, CA (US);
Daniel I. Feinberg, Sylmar, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microfabrica Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/067 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/06727 (2013.01); G01R 1/06738 (2013.01);
Abstract
Pin probes and pin probe arrays are provided that allow electric contact to be made with selected electronic circuit components. Some embodiments include one or more compliant pin elements located within a sheath. Some embodiments include pin probes that include locking or latching elements that may be used to fix pin portions of probes into sheaths. Some embodiments provide for fabrication of probes using multi-layer electrochemical fabrication methods.