Patents by Inventor Robert F. Gross

Robert F. Gross 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: 4659987
    Abstract: An improvement to electrical circuit test probes of the type wherein a socket tube having a cylindrical spring loaded plunger therein is mounted in a test fixture. Electrical contact is assured between the socket and the plunger as the plunger moves longitudinally by the plunger having a resiliently flexible wand extending inwardly therefrom at an angular offset to the longitudinal axis of the plunger and the wand terminating in a bulbous contact member. The contact member is disposed within a cylindrical plunger tube and passes through an opening through which the contact member cannot pass. As a result, the wand acts as a flexible resilient finger holding the contact member firmly against the inner wall of the plunger tube as the plunger is moved in and out through its limits of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: QA Technology Company
    Inventors: Thomas D. Coe, Robert F. Gross
  • Patent number: D311346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Q.A. Technology Company
    Inventor: Robert F. Gross