Patents by Inventor Graeme R. Kinsey

Graeme R. Kinsey 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).

  • Apparatus for guiding a circuit board onto a testing location on a test fixture
    Patent number: 4593804
    Abstract: A circuit board is guided into the correct position over the testing location of a test fixture by means of at least one guide located outside and near to the circumference of the testing location. The surface of the guide which faces the testing location is sloped outwards and upwards, the guide preferably being conical in shape. In test fixtures provided with tooling guide pins which fit through tooling holes on the circuit board for the purpose of accurate positioning over the test location, the lower part of the guide to approximately the same height as the pins is cylindrical, the upper part of the guide being conical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Zehntel, Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme R. Kinsey, William M. Riesenberg