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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:
Jun. 19, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
James M Hayes, Loveland, CO (US);
Kris J Kanack, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3241 / ; 3241 / ;
Abstract
A board alignment system is provided for a printed circuit board test system wherein at least two spring biased alignment pins have body portions and first and second ends and the second end is tapered to a diameter smaller than the diameter of the body portion. A printed circuit board to be aligned has alignment holes having a diameter larger than the smaller diameter and smaller than the diameter of the body portion.