Patents by Inventor Vincent A. Arena

Vincent A. Arena 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).

  • Ionization test for electrical verification
    Patent number: 7808257
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the non-contact electrical test of both opens and shorts in electronic substrates. Top surface electrical test features are exposed to an ionization source under ambient conditions and the subsequent charge build up is measured as a drain current by probes contacting corresponding bottom surface features. Opens are detected by an absence of a drain current and shorts are detected by turning off the ionization source and re-measuring the bottom surface probes with a varying bias applied to each probe in the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher W. Cline, Edward J. Yarmchuk, Vincent A. Arena, Donald A. Merte, Thomas Picunko, Brian J. Wojszynski, Charles J. Hendricks, Michael E. Scaman, Robert S. Olyha, Jr., Arnold Halperin
  • Ionization test for electrical verification
    Publication number: 20070108984
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the non-contact electrical test of both opens and shorts in electronic substrates. Top surface electrical test features are exposed to an ionization source under ambient conditions and the subsequent charge build up is measured as a drain current by probes contacting corresponding bottom surface features. Opens are detected by an absence of a drain current and shorts are detected by turning off the ionization source and re-measuring the bottom surface probes with a varying bias applied to each probe in the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Cline, Edward Yarmchuk, Vincent Arena, Donald Merte, Thomas Picunko, Brian Wojszynski, Charles Hendricks, Michael Scaman, Robert Olyha, Arnold Halperin
  • Multi-flavor whip cream apparatus
    Patent number: 4061248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus adapted for a special whip cream dispensing function, characterized by a combination of types of fluid flow channels including, as the central portion thereof, two concentric annuli which enable the apparatus to produce the present multi-flavor characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1977
    Inventor: Vincent Arena