Patents by Inventor Paul A. Czikora

Paul A. Czikora 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).

  • Gimbling electronic connector
    Patent number: 7112078
    Abstract: A connector comprising first and second mating portions in electrical communication, each of the first and second mating portions having inner and outer conductors, wherein the first and second mating portions are independently radially displaceable while maintaining the electrical communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Czikora
  • GIMBLING ELECTRONIC CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20060194465
    Abstract: A connector comprising first and second mating portions in electrical communication, each of the first and second mating portions having inner and outer conductors, wherein the first and second mating portions are independently radially displaceable while maintaining the electrical communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventor: Paul Czikora
  • Method and apparatus for a high frequency, impedance controlled probing device with flexible ground contacts
    Patent number: 7015708
    Abstract: A spring loaded, high frequency, controlled impedance, coaxial probe assembly located within an insulated or conductive housing. A high frequency coaxial probe assembly consisting of a central contact which is fixed or axially floating within a controlled impedance connector body or assembly. A flexible, elastically de-formable, fixed or field replaceable and detachable, ground contact, snapped on and retained in place upon the controlled impedance connector body or assembly creating a fixed or axially floating reference plane or dimension from which the head of the probe contact will protrude through the controlled impedance connector body. The individual, high frequency, controlled impedance, coaxial probe assemblies are spring loaded to provide continuous axial signal contact, when deployed to a planar device such as a DUT (Device Under Test) board. The flexible, elastically de-formable, fixed or field replaceable and detachable, ground contact(s) provide a resilient and continuous wiping action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank R. Beckous, Paul A. Czikora, John J. Squires
  • Method and apparatus for a high frequency, impedance controlled probing device with flexible ground contacts
    Publication number: 20050007128
    Abstract: A spring loaded, high frequency, controlled impedance, coaxial probe assembly located within an insulated or conductive housing. A high frequency coaxial probe assembly consisting of a central contact which is fixed or axially floating within a controlled impedance connector body or assembly. A flexible, elastically de-formable, fixed or field replaceable and detachable, ground contact, snapped on and retained in place upon the controlled impedance connector body or assembly creating a fixed or axially floating reference plane or dimension from which the head of the probe contact will protrude through the controlled impedance connector body. The individual, high frequency, controlled impedance, coaxial probe assemblies are spring loaded to provide continuous axial signal contact, when deployed to a planar device such as a DUT (Device Under Test) board. The flexible, elastically de-formable, fixed or field replaceable and detachable, ground contact(s) provide a resilient and continuous wiping action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Beckous, Paul Czikora, John Squires