Patents by Inventor Terence William Spoor

Terence William Spoor 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 of making spring probe with piloted and headed contact
    Patent number: 5718040
    Abstract: Testing probes in a testing apparatus are supported in a unitary structure to provide rigidity of the supports for the probes in testing. The spring probes have a contact head at the distal end from the probe tip with a set of antirotation tabs which lock in a cooperating antirotation slot in the probe guide. The contact head has a cone-shaped pilot at its tip which is engaged with a gold-plated contact spring. The inner diameter is integrally in contact with the pilot by mechanical engagement or bonding by soldering or laser welding or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Henry Faure, Terence William Spoor