Patents by Inventor Christian O'Connor

Christian O'Connor 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).

  • Publication number: 20240329134
    Abstract: The invention is a test system for testing silicon wafers or packaged devices. The system includes a tester having multiple testing stacks that each hold a vertical stack of test engines, data buffers, pin drivers, and other resources, which are electrically connected on one side to a wafer or DUT and on the other side to a test host computer via fast data links. Each testing stack is disposed on a top side of a wafer contactor electrically connected to a wafer or a load board electrically connected to a DUT. The system includes a cooling system to remove heat during operation. The system minimizes the data signal path between the pads of the devices being tested and the pin drivers of the tester, the test engines, and the test host computer. High performance is possible by the connection of bottom of each testing stack directly to the wafer contactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Christian O. Cojocneanu, Lucian Scurtu
  • Publication number: 20240272898
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may improve configuration file generation and management in an industrial automation system. Indeed, described herein is an integrated development environment (IDE) tool that may be integrated with a version control system (VCS) to improve change control issues that may otherwise arise when multiple IT devices have access to a same project and/or configuration file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Peter J. Flickinger, Andrew T. Dudley, Brandon Uniewski, Ryan Coon, Andrew G. Beugnet, Todd A. Vance, Christian O. Vazquez-Rivera, Christopher E. Stanek, Suzanne M. Michelich
  • Patent number: 11655988
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus for cooling and/or dehumidifying an interior space, such as the interior of a shelter or tent that provides for simplified manufacturing, simplified inspection and servicing, reduced noise, reduced vibration, reduced weight, increased ruggedness and health monitoring. Structural components of the apparatus are fabricated from foam-filled molded parts with interlocking components, and the unit is assembled and tested without any outside cover, but once the cover is installed, additional structural strength is obtained from the cover. A refrigerant flow sensor along with other sensors are used to determine actual real time cooling capacity measurements and health monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Christian O. Rodriguez, Andrew L. Carpenter, Robert P. Scaringe
  • Patent number: 11607070
    Abstract: A lightweight portable heating device consisting of a container assembly and lid assembly that house a tub assembly for the purpose of heating liquids and food submerged in aforementioned liquids by means of a multi-fuel burner. Container assembly provides for several structures that improve ergonomics and handling of the lightweight portable heating device. For instance, container assembly includes an integrated handle that surrounds the container assembly proximate the top portion of the container assembly and is molded into the container assembly. Integrated handle allows for the ease of moving of the lightweight portable heating device by personnel. Proximate the bottom of container assembly are lifting handles that enable the lifting of the device above shoulder level while also functioning as a tie down point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Christian O. Rodriguez, Robert P. Scaringe
  • Patent number: 11603848
    Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive technology include a centrifugal fan having a damper repositionable between a closed position and a fully seated open position, and a magnetic coupler that serves to fully seat that damper it its open configuration, so as to prevent undesired effects such as slippage and/or rocking of that damper relative to rotatable componentry against which it is pressed, during operation of the fan. The coupler may be configured so that the damper may decouple from rotatable componentry, e.g., upon a certain reverse pressure differential, and translate to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ACOUSTIFLO, LTD.
    Inventors: Christian O. Quinones, Jerry Mills
  • Patent number: 11594435
    Abstract: The invention is a cost effective multisite parallel wafer tester that has an array of stationary wafer test sites; a single mobile wafer handling and alignment carriage that holds a wafer handling robot, a wafer rotation pre-alignment assembly, a wafer alignment assembly, a wafer front opening unified pod (FOUP), and a wafer camera assembly; and a robot that moves the wafer handling and alignment carriage to and from each test site. Each test site contains a wafer probe card assembly and a floating chuck. In use, wafers are loaded from a front opening FOUP into a wafer buffer FOUP from which wafers are retrieved by the wafer handling and alignment assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Testmetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian O. Cojocneanu, Lucian Scurtu
  • Publication number: 20220137132
    Abstract: The invention is a test system for testing silicon wafers or packaged devices. The system includes a tester having multiple testing stacks that each hold a vertical stack of test engines, data buffers, pin drivers, and other resources, which are electrically connected on one side to a wafer or DUT and on the other side to a test host computer via fast data links. Each testing stack is disposed on a top side of a wafer contactor electrically connected to a wafer or a load board electrically connected to a DUT. The system includes a cooling system to remove heat during operation. The system minimizes the data signal path between the pads of the devices being tested and the pin drivers of the tester, the test engines, and the test host computer. High performance is possible by the connection of bottom of each testing stack directly to the wafer contactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Christian O. Cojocneanu, Lucian Scurtu
  • Patent number: 11237208
    Abstract: The invention is a test system for testing silicon wafers or packaged devices. The system includes a tester having multiple testing stacks that each hold a vertical stack of test engines, data buffers, pin drivers, and other resources, which are electrically connected on one side to a wafer or DUT and on the other side to a test host computer via fast data links. Each testing stack is disposed on a top side of a wafer contactor electrically connected to a wafer or a load board electrically connected to a DUT. The system includes a cooling system to remove heat during operation. The system minimizes the data signal path between the pads of the devices being tested and the pin drivers of the tester, the test engines, and the test host computer. High performance is possible by the connection of bottom of each testing stack directly to the wafer contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Testmetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian O. Cojocneanu, Lucian Scurtu
  • Patent number: 11226118
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus for cooling and/or dehumidifying an interior space, such as the interior of a shelter or tent that provides for simplified manufacturing, simplified inspection and servicing, reduced noise, reduced vibration, reduced weight, increased ruggedness and health monitoring. Structural components of the apparatus are fabricated from foam-filled molded parts with interlocking components, and the unit is assembled and tested without any outside cover, but once the cover is installed, additional structural strength is obtained from the cover. A refrigerant flow sensor along with other sensors are used to determine actual real time cooling capacity measurements and health monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Composition
    Inventors: Christian O. Rodriguez, Andrew L. Carpenter, Robert P. Scaringe
  • Patent number: 11064640
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a feeder arm for a surface mount technology (SMT) machine. In an embodiment, the feeder arm includes a support body that is fastened to an SMT machine. The feeder arm includes a reel loading body that supports a reel of electrical components to allow the reel to be prepared for installation on the SMT machine. The feeder arm includes preparation circuitry configured to electrically connect the reel to allow the reel to be prepared. The feeder arm includes an articulating joint between the reel loading body and the support body. The articulating joint may articulate the second body between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: John Christian O'Bryan
  • Publication number: 20210148368
    Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive technology include a centrifugal fan having a damper repositionable between a closed position and a fully seated open position, and a magnetic coupler that serves to fully seat that damper it its open configuration, so as to prevent undesired effects such as slippage and/or rocking of that damper relative to rotatable componentry against which it is pressed, during operation of the fan. The coupler may be configured so that the damper may decouple from rotatable componentry, e.g., upon a certain reverse pressure differential, and translate to a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Christian O. Quinones, Jerry Mills
  • Patent number: 10862870
    Abstract: A method and apparatus that securely obtains services in response to a request for a service while concealing personally identifiable information (PII) includes a software package having a user identification (ID) and network protection module that runs on a third party system and an anonymizer module that runs on a user system. The user system sends the request for the service via an API that invokes the user ID and network protection module to validate the request. In response to receiving validation, the anonymizer module modifies the request for the service to conceal at least part of the PII and sends the modified request to the service provider. In one embodiment, the third party system may be an application program configured to run on the user system. Thus, no PII or data to identify the unique individual is transmitted to the service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Christian O Maier, Khaled Galal Mohamed Rashad, Mohamed Alaa Elmiligui
  • Publication number: 20200273733
    Abstract: The invention is a cost effective multisite parallel wafer tester that has an array of stationary wafer test sites; a single mobile wafer handling and alignment carriage that holds a wafer handling robot, a wafer rotation pre-alignment assembly, a wafer alignment assembly, a wafer front opening unified pod (FOUP), and a wafer camera assembly; and a robot that moves the wafer handling and alignment carriage to and from each test site. Each test site contains a wafer probe card assembly and a floating chuck. In use, wafers are loaded from a front opening FOUP into a wafer buffer FOUP from which wafers are retrieved by the wafer handling and alignment assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Christian O. Cojocneanu, Lucian Scurtu
  • Publication number: 20200229333
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a feeder arm for a surface mount technology (SMT) machine. In an embodiment, the feeder arm includes a support body that is fastened to an SMT machine. The feeder arm includes a reel loading body that supports a reel of electrical components to allow the reel to be prepared for installation on the SMT machine. The feeder arm includes preparation circuitry configured to electrically connect the reel to allow the reel to be prepared. The feeder arm includes an articulating joint between the reel loading body and the support body. The articulating joint may articulate the second body between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: John Christian O'Bryan
  • Publication number: 20200076771
    Abstract: A method and apparatus that securely obtains services in response to a request for a service while concealing personally identifiable information (PII) includes a software package having a user identification (ID) and network protection module that runs on a third party system and an anonymizer module that runs on a user system. The user system sends the request for the service via an API that invokes the user ID and network protection module to validate the request. In response to receiving validation, the anonymizer module modifies the request for the service to conceal at least part of the PII and sends the modified request to the service provider. In one embodiment, the third party system may be an application program configured to run on the user system. Thus, no PII or data to identify the unique individual is transmitted to the service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Christian O. Maier, Khaled Galal Mohamed Rashad, Mohamed Alaa Elmiligui
  • Publication number: 20200041564
    Abstract: The invention is a test system for testing silicon wafers or packaged devices. The system includes a tester having multiple testing stacks that each hold a vertical stack of test engines, data buffers, pin drivers, and other resources, which are electrically connected on one side to a wafer or DUT and on the other side to a test host computer via fast data links. Each testing stack is disposed on a top side of a wafer contactor electrically connected to a wafer or a load board electrically connected to a DUT. The system includes a cooling system to remove heat during operation. The system minimizes the data signal path between the pads of the devices being tested and the pin drivers of the tester, the test engines, and the test host computer. High performance is possible by the connection of bottom of each testing stack directly to the wafer contactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Christian O. Cojocneanu, Lucian Scurtu
  • Patent number: 10511576
    Abstract: A method and apparatus that securely obtains services in response to a request for a service while concealing personally identifiable information (PII) includes a software package having a user identification (ID) and network protection module that runs on a third party system and an anonymizer module that runs on a user system. The user system sends the request for the service via an API that invokes the user ID and network protection module to validate the request. In response to receiving validation, the anonymizer module modifies the request for the service to conceal at least part of the PII and sends the modified request to the service provider. In one embodiment, the third party system may be an application program configured to run on the user system. Thus, no PII or data to identify the unique individual is transmitted to the service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christian O Maier, Khaled Galal Mohamed Rashad, Mohamed Alaa Elmiligui
  • Patent number: 10267569
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes at least one conduit configured to carry a working fluid. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of chambers in proximity to the at least one conduit, each chamber configured to contain a phase change material (PCM) that expands upon freezing. The at least one conduit and the plurality of chambers are thermally coupled for transfer of thermal energy between the working fluid and the PCM in each chamber. One wall of each chamber is formed of a compliant layer configured to deform to increase a volume of the chamber as the PCM expands upon freezing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: David Altman, Nicholas Ian Maniscalco, Jonathan Balducci, Joshua D. Sole, John G. Bustamante, Christian O. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: D952811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Christian O. Rodriguez, Robert P. Scaringe
  • Patent number: D961746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Christian O. Rodriguez, Robert P. Scaringe