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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:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lonnie W Smith, Austin, TX (US);
James S Bell, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell U.S.A., L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3241581 ; 324758 ;
Abstract
A hold-down finger for holding a circuit board in a test fixture. The hold-down finger includes an attachment portion and a finger. The attachment portion is for attaching the hold-down finger to the test fixture. The attachment portion has a central axis. The finger is coupled to the attachment portion at a location displaced from the central axis of the attachment portion. Displacing the finger from the central axis allows for the tip of the finger to be located more precisely in a radial manner about the center point of the device to hold a circuit board down against the extreme pressures of test probe springs.