Patents by Inventor Gregg Wooden

Gregg Wooden 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: 20080265918
    Abstract: The test-socket lid subassembly of the invention consists of a lid for locking the object in the socket unit and a pusher with a handle for clamping the object in the locked position. The pusher is separated from the lid and is inserted into the lid for pressing on the object to fix the latter in the socket only after the lid is locked in place. The pusher is made in the form of a threaded ring, which has an outer thread for engagement with the inner thread in the central opening of the lid member for movement in the direction perpendicular to the contact surface of the object. This provides uniform distribution of pressure on the test object that is locked in the socket subassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Gregg Wooden
  • Patent number: 7338295
    Abstract: A test socket-lid assembly for testing electronic devices such as IC chips consists of a socket sub-assembly and a lid-sub-assembly, which is separated from the socket sub-assembly. In the lid sub-assembly, the lid is pivotally connected to the frame and supports a spring-loaded pusher that can slide in a vertical direction relative to the lid and can perform rocking movements relative to the lid. The assembly is distinguished from existing devices of this type in that the IC chip is supported and clamped in the lid sub-assembly and in that the entire lid sub-assembly together with the clamped and spring-loaded pusher is attached to the socket by guiding the lid sub-assembly in a transverse direction along the socket guide to the position wherein the spring plungers are locked into their respective openings on the surface of the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Inventor: Gregg Wooden
  • Publication number: 20080020623
    Abstract: A test socket-lid assembly for testing electronic devices such as IC chips consists of a socket sub-assembly and a lid-sub-assembly, which is separated from the socket sub-assembly. In the lid sub-assembly, the lid is pivotally connected to the frame and supports a spring-loaded pusher that can slide in a vertical direction relative to the lid and can perform rocking movements relative to the lid. The assembly is distinguished from existing devices of this type in that the IC chip is supported and clamped in the lid sub-assembly and in that the entire lid sub-assembly together with the clamped and spring-loaded pusher is attached to the socket by guiding the lid sub-assembly in a transverse direction along the socket guide to the position wherein the spring plungers are locked into their respective openings on the surface of the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventor: Gregg Wooden