Patents by Inventor Kevin M. Wheel

Kevin M. Wheel 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).

  • Test fixture for testing backplanes or populated circuit boards
    Patent number: 6194908
    Abstract: A test fixture for testing backplanes of a printed circuit board having at least one shrouded connector including a translator fixture having a plurality of spaced apart translator plates adapted for containing and supporting a plurality of translator pins and a probe plate rigidly connected to a top plate of the translator fixture having a plurality of spring probes extending through holes in the probe plate in electrical contact with the translator pins of the translator fixture to translate to signals from the connector to a grid base located below the translator fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Wheel, John R. Kiely