Patents Assigned to Helmuth Heigl
  • Compliance module, particularly for a manipulator for positioning a test head, and one such manipulator
    Publication number: 20050194985
    Abstract: A compliance module, particularly for a manipulator for positioning a test head, comprising a housing that is securable to a component. The compliance module furthermore comprises an inner sleeve shiftingly mounted in said housing and axially urged by a spring element, and a pin arranged on said housing and connected to said inner sleeve. A compliance module of such kind provides a precise location on the one hand and a certain compliance achievable of a portion of the manipulator for positioning a test head on the other hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: DR. Helmuth HEIGL
    Inventor: Helmuth Heigl
  • COMPONENT PICKER
    Publication number: 20010040083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a picker for electronic components (24, 25, 26), more particularly for picking and subsequently testing the components (24, 25, 26). The picker comprises a fixed feed rail (11) for accommodating a plurality of components (24, 25, 26) arranged juxtaposed in a row as well as a conveyor unit (17) arranged at an exit opening (43) of the feed rail (11) and perpendicularly shiftable thereto. The conveyor unit comprises a window (27) suitable for receiving a single component (24, 25, 26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: Helmuth Heigl
    Inventor: HELMUTH HEIGL