Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Lawrence R. Fraley, E
  • Patent number: 6169412
    Abstract: An adjustable tooling pin for a bed-of-nails test fixture used for testing circuit boards (cards) is provided which allows the tooling pin, and thus the card, to be precisely realigned while the card is still mounted in the test fixture. The adjustable tooling pin mechanism comprises a pivot bushing having a channel running from end-to-end into which a slide bar fits. The tooling pin projects from the end of the sliding bar in the z-direction such that a card may be located over the tooling pin. A locking screw fits through an aperture in the sliding bar and the pivot bushing and is threadably engaged into a threaded insert in the test fixture top plate. Hence, the tooling pin, and thus the card, are radially adjustable in the x-y plane by turning the pivot bushing and by sliding the sliding bar along the pivot bushing channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Rodger A. Byers