Patents by Inventor Alberto Giani

Alberto Giani 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).

  • Method and device for correcting misalignment between test needles and test points during electrical testing of printed circuit boards
    Patent number: 6118292
    Abstract: A method for correcting misalignment between test needles and test points during multiple electrical tests on printed circuit boards, in which setting up the machine to carry out the test on a circuit board or group of circuit boards, and hence correction of any misalignment, takes place without removing the circuit boards from the test area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Circuit Line SPA
    Inventors: Gianpaolo Antonello, Graziano Bagioni, Alberto Giani
  • Device for converting the test point grid of a machine for electrically testing unassembled printed circuit boards
    Patent number: 5767692
    Abstract: An interface device for converting the test point grids of machines for electrically testing unassembled printed circuit boards to a lower density grid, to be interposed between the test machine grid (1) and the corresponding fixture (3). The interface device comprises a plurality of flat parallel plates (10, 11, 12, 13, 14) suitably perforated so that needles can pass through them, the plate (14) facing the grid (1) having the same perforation as the grid (1) and having some of its holes (21) unoccupied by said needles (15), whilst the outer plates (10, 11) have all the holes occupied by said needles (15), reproducing the desired lower density grid configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Circuit Line Spa
    Inventors: Gianpaolo Antonello, Alberto Giani