Patents by Inventor Yakov F. Vaynkof

Yakov F. Vaynkof has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Contactor with elastomer encapsulated probes
    Patent number: 5385477
    Abstract: A buckling beam probe contactor in which an array of electrically conductive, parallel, probe test wires, are cast into a housing with urethane or silicone elastomer so as to elastically couple the wires to each other and cause all of the probe wires to bend and buckle in identical, parallel, congruent waveforms and thereby maintain spacing between the wires. Stiffer elastomers are used to insure that the wires have a greater number of inflections with less sideways displacement. Various modifications of the elastomer allow desired buckling patterns to be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: CK Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yakov F. Vaynkof, Karl F. Zimmermann, Jerry W. Shorter, Joseph K. Bond