Patents by Inventor Dustin Vu

Dustin Vu 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).

  • Top and bottom access functional test fixture
    Patent number: 6294908
    Abstract: A computer system is provided for testing components within the system. A closely coupled dual-access fixture is used for electrically interfacing a first side and a second side of a PCB under test. The fixture has a first interface for electrically interfacing the fixture with a first set of test pads on the first side of the PCB under test. The fixture also includes a second interface for electrically interfacing the fixture with a second set of test pads on the side of the PCB under test opposite the first side. Both interfaces include an interface PCB (IPCB). Each IPCB has at least one connector corresponding to a connector on the PCB under test. Each of the connectors on the PCB under test has test pads on the side opposite the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Walter Joseph Belmore, Dustin Vu