Patents by Inventor Christopher James Bruno
Christopher James Bruno 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).
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Patent number: 11953519Abstract: An example test system includes packs. The packs include test sockets for testing devices under test (DUTs) and at least some test electronics for performing tests on the DUTs in the test sockets. Different packs are configured to have different configurations. The different configurations include at least different numbers of test sockets arranged at different pitches.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TERADYNE, INC.Inventors: Christopher James Bruno, Philip Luke Campbell, Adnan Khalid, Evgeny Polyakov, John Patrick Toscano
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Patent number: 11899042Abstract: An example test system includes test sites comprising test sockets for testing devices under test (DUTs) and pickers for picking DUTs from the test sockets or placing the DUTs into the test sockets. Each picker may include a picker head for holding a DUT. The test system also includes a gantry on which the pickers are mounted. The gantry may be configured to move the pickers relative to the test sites to position the pickers for picking the DUTs from the test sockets or placing the DUTs into the test sockets. The test sockets are arranged in at least one array that is accessible to the pickers on the gantry.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TERADYNE, INC.Inventors: Philip Luke Campbell, Adnan Khalid, Christopher Croft Jones, Christopher James Bruno
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Patent number: 11867749Abstract: An example test system includes test sites that include sockets for testing devices under test (DUTs), pickers for picking DUTs from the sockets or placing the DUTs in the sockets, and a gantry on which the pickers are mounted. The gantry is configured to move the pickers relative to the test sites to position the pickers for picking the DUTs from the sockets or placing the DUTs into the sockets. The test system also includes one or more LASER range finders mounted on the gantry for movement over the DUTs in the sockets and in conjunction with movement of the pickers. A LASER range finder among the one or more LASER rangefinders mounted on the gantry is configured to detect a distance to a DUT placed into a socket.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: TERADYNE, INC.Inventors: Jianfa Pei, Adnan Khalid, Philip Luke Campbell, Christopher James Bruno, Christopher Croft Jones
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Patent number: 11754596Abstract: An example test system includes a test socket for testing a DUT, a lid for the test socket, and an actuator configured to force the lid onto the test socket and to remove the lid from the test socket. The actuator includes an upper arm to move the lid, an attachment mechanism connected to the upper arm to contact the lid, where the attachment mechanism is configured to allow the lid to float relative to the test socket to enable alignment between the lid and the test socket, and a lower arm to anchor the actuator to a board containing the test socket. The actuator is configured to move the upper arm linearly towards and away from the test socket and to rotate the upper arm towards and away from the test socket.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: TERADYNE, INC.Inventors: Michael O. McKenna, Christopher James Bruno, Philip Luke Campbell, John Patrick Toscano
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Publication number: 20220128597Abstract: An example test system includes a test socket for testing a DUT, a lid for the test socket, and an actuator configured to force the lid onto the test socket and to remove the lid from the test socket. The actuator includes an upper arm to move the lid, an attachment mechanism connected to the upper arm to contact the lid, where the attachment mechanism is configured to allow the lid to float relative to the test socket to enable alignment between the lid and the test socket, and a lower arm to anchor the actuator to a board containing the test socket. The actuator is configured to move the upper arm linearly towards and away from the test socket and to rotate the upper arm towards and away from the test socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Michael O. McKenna, Christopher James Bruno, Philip Luke Campbell, John Patrick Toscano
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Publication number: 20220128598Abstract: An example test system includes packs. The packs include test sockets for testing devices under test (DUTs) and at least some test electronics for performing tests on the DUTs in the test sockets. Different packs are configured to have different configurations. The different configurations include at least different numbers of test sockets arranged at different pitches.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Christopher James Bruno, Philip Luke Campbell, Adnan Khalid, Evgeny Polyakov, John Patrick Toscano
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Publication number: 20220128599Abstract: An example test system includes test sites comprising test sockets for testing devices under test (DUTs) and pickers for picking DUTs from the test sockets or placing the DUTs into the test sockets. Each picker may include a picker head for holding a DUT. The test system also includes a gantry on which the pickers are mounted. The gantry may be configured to move the pickers relative to the test sites to position the pickers for picking the DUTs from the test sockets or placing the DUTs into the test sockets. The test sockets are arranged in at least one array that is accessible to the pickers on the gantry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Philip Luke Campbell, Adnan Khalid, Christopher Croft Jones, Christopher James Bruno
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Publication number: 20220128622Abstract: An example test system includes test sites that include sockets for testing devices under test (DUTs), pickers for picking DUTs from the sockets or placing the DUTs in the sockets, and a gantry on which the pickers are mounted. The gantry is configured to move the pickers relative to the test sites to position the pickers for picking the DUTs from the sockets or placing the DUTs into the sockets. The test system also includes one or more LASER range finders mounted on the gantry for movement over the DUTs in the sockets and in conjunction with movement of the pickers. A LASER range finder among the one or more LASER rangefinders mounted on the gantry is configured to detect a distance to a DUT placed into a socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Jianfa Pei, Adnan Khalid, Philip Luke Campbell, Christopher James Bruno, Christopher Croft Jones
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Publication number: 20110316545Abstract: A method is described for retrieving, by a test system, a formation profile associated with the storage cell, the formation profile comprising one or more formation segments, with a formation segment comprising an action to be performed upon a detection of a signature value; measuring, by the test system, a value of a parameter of the formation segment; detecting, based on a comparison between the value of the parameter and one or more signatures associated with the formation segment, that the value of the parameter comprises the signature value; and performing the action specified in the formation segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: Rylan Ian Grant, Christopher James Bruno, Naim Mark Kahwati, Michael K. Malone, John Kenji Narasaki
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Publication number: 20110318146Abstract: A system for testing devices includes a rack including bays configured to receive totes containing devices to be tested, where each bay includes a front that faces a robot, the robot is for moving the totes into and out of the bays, and each bay includes a back that is behind the first rack relative to the robot. At least one of the bays is configured for removal from the back of the rack without substantially interrupting operation of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventor: Christopher James Bruno
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Publication number: 20110316546Abstract: A contact assembly is described for testing a storage cell with a probe configured to flex in an outward direction, in response to a vertical application of force, to scrub a tab on the storage cell at a zero insertion force. The contact assembly comprises a contact structure configured to flex in an outward direction to scrub and to pierce a tab of the storage cell; a board, wherein a juxtaposition of the board to the contact structure defines an opening configured to receive the tab of the storage cell; and a device configured to move the contact structure, to a position in which the opening is closed, to cause the contact structure to scrub and to pierce the tab on the storage cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: Christopher James Bruno, David Nathaniel Scott, Bruce Leon Cowgill