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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. 03, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Cosimo Cantatore, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Mohsen H Mardi, San Jose, CA (US);
David M Mahoney, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Cosimo Cantatore, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Mohsen H Mardi, San Jose, CA (US);
David M Mahoney, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide improved circuit board stiffeners. In one embodiment the present invention includes a circuit board stiffener comprising a lower stiffener piece having a first lower surface for abutting an upper surface of a test system and a first upper surface, and at least one upper stiffener piece having a second lower surface for abutting the first upper surface of the lower stiffener piece and a second upper surface for attaching to a circuit board.