Patents by Inventor Lynn Howard Whitney

Lynn Howard Whitney 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).

  • METHOD FOR PROBING IMPACT SENSITVE AND THIN LAYERED SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20080150559
    Abstract: A method of moving a substrate to a probe card. The method comprises moving a probe card and a substrate vertically closer to one another employing dynamically changing velocities during the moving. More than two different velocities are used during the moving. The velocities are at zero only at an initial location and a final location. The moving is such that the probe card and the substrate contact each other with a soft impact. The velocities for the moving begin with a high velocity and reduce to a lower velocity so that the contact between the probe card and the substrate us a microtouch impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Uday Nayak, Sun Ya Lei, Lynn Howard Whitney
  • Method for probing impact sensitive and thin layered substrate
    Patent number: 7362116
    Abstract: A method of moving a substrate to a probe card. The method includes moving a probe card and a substrate vertically closer to one another employing dynamically changing velocities during the moving. More than two different velocities are used during the moving. The velocities are at zero only at an initial location and a final location. The moving is such that the probe card and the substrate contact each other with a soft impact. The velocities for the moving begin with a high velocity and reduce to a lower velocity so that the contact between the probe card and the substrate has a microtouch impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Electroglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Uday Nayak, Sun Ya Lei, Lynn Howard Whitney