Patents by Inventor Pierre-Andre Meier

Pierre-Andre Meier 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).

  • Contact device for use in the testing of printed circuits and a removable contact head for use in such a device
    Patent number: 4560926
    Abstract: The contact device for testing printed circuits comprises a contact head (15) mounted for axial sliding motion in a guide tube (9) against the action of a coiled compression spring housed in the tube, and a seating member (8) carrying the tube and intended to be permanently fitted in an aperture provided in a plate forming part of a machine for testing printed circuits. The guide tube is fixedly secured to one end of the seating member. The spring has one end portion (12) fixedly secured to the guide tube adjacent the seating member and/or to said one end of the seating member, the opposite end portion (16) of the spring being formed with a plurality of mutually contacting turns (17), the outer diameter of the spring turns being less than the inner diameter of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Technobal S.A.
    Inventors: Roger Cornu, Pierre-Andre Meier