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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wayne K. Pfaff, Irving, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ; G01R 3/126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ; G01R 3/126 ;
Abstract
A test mounting for LGA packages uses curved contact fingers to make electrical contact between lands on the LGA package and surface mount circuitry on a circuit board or the like. The mounting includes a guide member with guide apertures therein spaced from a support base with corresponding guide apertures. A bending plate positioned between the guide plate and the support base is moved laterally with respect thereto to increase or decrease the distance between the ends of each contact finger and thereby connect or disconnect the ends of the contact fingers with an LGA package mounted adjacent the guide plate and circuit pads on a circuit board on which the test mounting is mounted.