Patents Assigned to Aetrium-FSA, LP
  • Patent number: 6069480
    Abstract: A device (10) for testing miniature electronic components (104) includes a pair of contacts (88, 90), each of which is adapted to engage a common side (121) of a lead (110) of the electronic component (104) to be tested at longitudinally spaced locations. In particular, each contact (88, 90) includes an end portion (95, 99) that is arranged at an angle to both the lead (110) and the other contact (88, 90), while extending in a common vertical plane with the other contact (88, 90). In a preferred form of the invention, the device (10) includes a base (46) to which the first and second contacts (88, 90) are mounted. Each of the contacts (88, 90) include first and second end portions (94, 95 and 98, 99), with the first end portion (94, 98) of each contact (88, 90) being fixed relative to the base (46) and the second end portion (95, 99) extending at an angle to a plane of the base (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Aetrium-FSA, LP
    Inventors: Farid J. Sabounchi, Martin Rowan, Kurt Schultz