Patents by Inventor Jim Grasso

Jim Grasso 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: 5949243
    Abstract: A translator fixture for use in testing a printed circuit board is provided. The fixture includes a plurality of translator plates for containing and supporting translator pins extending through the translator plates for positioning the translator pins for contacting test points on the circuit board, and a plurality of supports. Each of the supports includes a central portion and is mounted through a respective group of holes in the translator plates. The holes each include respective, substantially identically dimensioned central apertures that are oversized with respect to the central portions of the supports. At least one hole in each of the groups of holes includes at least one peripheral aperture extending outwardly from a periphery of the central aperture of the one hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Star Technology Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Jim Grasso