Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Lopez

Christopher A. Lopez 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).

  • Patent number: 10126359
    Abstract: A portable cooling system and apparatus for semiconductor device testing includes a free piston Stirling cooler. This eliminates the need for cumbersome remotely located equipment, such as a chillers, compressors, coolant storage equipment, hoses and hose connections. An electrical power line and an air supply line are routed from a head control unit to a portable system control unit. The head control unit is positioned by an adjustable frame structure to locate the Stirling cooler vertically directly over a semiconductor device under test. The head control unit includes a thermal adapter system, which is configured between the free piston Stirling cooler and the semiconductor device under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sensata Technologies
    Inventors: Thomas F. Lemczyk, David L. Weston, Christopher A. Lopez, Richard A. Davis
  • Patent number: 10046154
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a luer connector comprising a housing having a hollow bore therethrough, a first end, and a second end, a male luer tip supported by the housing configured to rotate with respect to the housing, the luer tip having a first open end and a passageway through the luer tip in fluid communication with the first open end, and a substantially rigid internal member extending into the passageway of the luer tip toward the first open end of the luer tip. In some embodiments, at least one of the luer tip and the internal member can be axially moveable between a first closed position and a second open position relative to the other of the luer tip and the internal member. Further, the luer tip and the internal member can cooperate such that rotation of the luer tip in a first direction relative to the housing increases an axial displacement between the first open end of the luer tip and an end portion of the internal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Fangrow, Bruce Hubrecht, Harold Anderson, Christopher Lopez
  • Publication number: 20180196102
    Abstract: A portable cooling system and apparatus for semiconductor device testing includes a free piston Stirling cooler. This eliminates the need for cumbersome remotely located equipment, such as a chillers, compressors, coolant storage equipment, hoses and hose connections. An electrical power line and an air supply line are routed from a head control unit to a portable system control unit. The head control unit is positioned by an adjustable frame structure to locate the Stirling cooler vertically directly over a semiconductor device under test. The head control unit includes a thermal adapter system, which is configured between the free piston Stirling cooler and the semiconductor device under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Thomas F. Lemczyk, David L. Weston, Christopher A. Lopez, Richard A. Davis
  • Patent number: 9921265
    Abstract: Featured are devices, systems and methods for testing an electronic device, such as an integrated chip. Such a testing method includes disposing a thermal clutch between a variable heat sink that absorbs heat energy and a heat source member that selectively delivers heat energy. When the thermal clutch is operated in a first manner the thermal clutch thermally couples the variable heat sink to the electronic device under test (DUT) and when operated in the second manner, the thermal clutch thermally de-couples the variable heat sink from the DUT. Also, when the thermal clutch is operated in the second manner, the heat source member is thermally coupled to the DUT and is operated so as to produce heat energy which is thus provided to the thermally coupled DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sensata Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Lopez, Rick A. Davis
  • Publication number: 20170307891
    Abstract: Head-mounted augmented reality (AR) devices can track pose of a wearer's head to provide a three-dimensional virtual representation of objects in the wearer's environment. An electromagnetic (EM) tracking system can track head or body pose. A handheld user input device can include an EM emitter that generates an EM field, and the head-mounted AR device can include an EM sensor that senses the EM field. EM information from the sensor can be analyzed to determine location and/or orientation of the sensor and thereby the wearer's pose. The EM emitter and sensor may utilize time division multiplexing (TDM) or dynamic frequency tuning to operate at multiple frequencies. Voltage gain control may be implemented in the transmitter, rather than the sensor, allowing smaller and lighter weight sensor designs. The EM sensor can implement noise cancellation to reduce the level of EM interference generated by nearby audio speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Bucknor, Christopher Lopez, Michael Janusz Woods, Aly H. M. Aly, James William Palmer, Evan Francis Rynk
  • Patent number: 9709622
    Abstract: A thermal control unit (TCU) for controlling temperature of a device under test (DUT) includes a sealed evaporation chamber disposed therein, the evaporation chamber configured with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet; and at least one surface for thermal engagement of the device under test and configured to conduct heat to the evaporation chamber. A test system and a computer program product are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sensata Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Lopez, Thomas F. Lemczyk, Rick A. Davis
  • Publication number: 20170176515
    Abstract: Featured are devices, systems and methods for testing an electronic device, such as an integrated chip. Such a testing method includes disposing a thermal clutch between a variable heat sink that absorbs heat energy and a heat source member that selectively delivers heat energy. When the thermal clutch is operated in a first manner the thermal clutch thermally couples the variable heat sink to the electronic device under test (DUT) and when operated in the second manner, the thermal clutch thermally de-couples the variable heat sink from the DUT. Also, when the thermal clutch is operated in the second manner, the heat source member is thermally coupled to the DUT and is operated so as to produce heat energy which is thus provided to the thermally coupled DUT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher A. Lopez, Rick A. Davis
  • Patent number: 9594113
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a package on package (POP) thermal forcing device. A thermal interposer includes a test probe guide and insulator top, a thermal conductor, the test probe guide and insulator top affixed to a top surface of the thermal conductor, a test probe, and a test probe guide and insulator bottom affixed to a bottom surface of the thermal conductor, the test probe guide and insulator bottom configured in a ring-like shape to enable the thermal conductor to pass through and make contact with a bottom of a package on package (PoP) integrated circuit (IC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard A. Davis, Christopher Lopez
  • Publication number: 20160263367
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a luer connector comprising a housing having a hollow bore therethrough, a first end, and a second end, a male luer tip supported by the housing configured to rotate with respect to the housing, the luer tip having a first open end and a passageway through the luer tip in fluid communication with the first open end, and a substantially rigid internal member extending into the passageway of the luer tip toward the first open end of the luer tip. In some embodiments, at least one of the luer tip and the internal member can be axially moveable between a first closed position and a second open position relative to the other of the luer tip and the internal member. Further, the luer tip and the internal member can cooperate such that rotation of the luer tip in a first direction relative to the housing increases an axial displacement between the first open end of the luer tip and an end portion of the internal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas F. Fangrow, Bruce Hubrecht, Harold Anderson, Christopher Lopez
  • Patent number: 9168366
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a luer connector comprising a housing having a hollow bore therethrough, a first end, and a second end, a male luer tip supported by the housing configured to rotate with respect to the housing, the luer tip having a first open end and a passageway through the luer tip in fluid communication with the first open end, and a substantially rigid internal member extending into the passageway of the luer tip toward the first open end of the luer tip. In some embodiments, at least one of the luer tip and the internal member can be axially moveable between a first closed position and a second open position relative to the other of the luer tip and the internal member. Further, the luer tip and the internal member can cooperate such that rotation of the luer tip in a first direction relative to the housing increases an axial displacement between the first open end of the luer tip and an end portion of the internal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Fangrow, Bruce Hubrecht, Harold Anderson, Christopher Lopez
  • Publication number: 20150241478
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a package on package (POP) thermal forcing device. A thermal interposer includes a test probe guide and insulator top, a thermal conductor, the test probe guide and insulator top affixed to a top surface of the thermal conductor, a test probe, and a test probe guide and insulator bottom affixed to a bottom surface of the thermal conductor, the test probe guide and insulator bottom configured in a ring-like shape to enable the thermal conductor to pass through and make contact with a bottom of a package on package (PoP) integrated circuit (IC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Sensata Technologies
    Inventors: Rick A. Davis, Christopher Lopez
  • Publication number: 20140303601
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a luer connector comprising a housing having a hollow bore therethrough, a first end, and a second end, a male luer tip supported by the housing configured to rotate with respect to the housing, the luer tip having a first open end and a passageway through the luer tip in fluid communication with the first open end, and a substantially rigid internal member extending into the passageway of the luer tip toward the first open end of the luer tip. In some embodiments, at least one of the luer tip and the internal member can be axially moveable between a first closed position and a second open position relative to the other of the luer tip and the internal member. Further, the luer tip and the internal member can cooperate such that rotation of the luer tip in a first direction relative to the housing increases an axial displacement between the first open end of the luer tip and an end portion of the internal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Fangrow, Bruce Hubrecht, Harold Anderson, Christopher Lopez
  • Publication number: 20140260333
    Abstract: A thermal control unit (TCU) for controlling temperature of a device under test (DUT) includes a sealed evaporation chamber disposed therein, the evaporation chamber configured with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet; and at least one surface for thermal engagement of the device under test and configured to conduct heat to the evaporation chamber. A test system and a computer program product are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Christopher A. Lopez, Thomas F. Lemczyk, Rick A. Davis
  • Patent number: 8679090
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a medical connector having a selectively closable male end portion. Embodiments are configured to open upon connection with a female connector or female tipped medical implement. Some embodiments include an internal cavity configured to change size as the connector moves from the open to closed or closed to open positions. In some embodiments, the connector is configured to draw fluid from the male end toward the other end of the connector as the connector closes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Anderson, Christopher Lopez, Thomas F. Fangrow, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100174242
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a medical connector having a selectively closable male end portion. Embodiments are configured to open upon connection with a female connector or female tipped medical implement. Some embodiments include an internal cavity configured to change size as the connector moves from the open to closed or closed to open positions. In some embodiments, the connector is configured to draw fluid from the male end toward the other end of the connector as the connector closes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Harold Anderson, Christopher Lopez, Thomas F. Fangrow, JR.
  • Patent number: D751583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Frank Nuovo, Gerardo Herrera, Jay Christopher Lopez, Helder Humberto Pereira Correia
  • Patent number: D751584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Frank Nuovo, Gerardo Herrera, Jay Christopher Lopez, Helder Humberto Pereira Correia
  • Patent number: D770532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Frank Nuovo, Gerardo Herrera, Jay Christopher Lopez, Helder Humberto Pereira Correia
  • Patent number: D771064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Frank Nuovo, Gerardo Herrera, Jay Christopher Lopez, Helder Humberto Pereira Correia
  • Patent number: D772941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Frank Nuovo, Gerardo Herrera, Jay Christopher Lopez, Helder Humberto Pereira Correia