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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. 17, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Craig C Staab, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; H01R / ; H01R / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324761 ; 324758 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a double ended spring probe ring interface for multiple pin test heads, such as a 120 pin sentry style test head. The double ended spring probe ring is comprised of a non-conductive ring having a plurality of apertures equally spaced along an outer radius of the ring. A plurality of double-ended spring probes are held in the ring by a holding device which is coupled to each spring probe. The holding device holds the spring probe within the ring so as to maintain coplanarity among the spring probes.