Patents by Inventor Vito Caggiano

Vito Caggiano 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for dynamic passive intermodulation distortion testing
    Patent number: 9863987
    Abstract: A passive intermodulation (“PIM”) distortion test apparatus includes a housing, hammering elements disposed within the housing, each hammering element including a moveable striking member, a strike plate positioned above the hammering elements, where a bottom surface of the strike plate is positioned at a distance above the hammering elements such that the moveable striking members of the hammering elements impact the strike plate when moved into their activated positions, and a retaining member that is configured to hold a device under test on a top surface of the strike plate while a PIM distortion test is performed on the device under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Italy S.r.l.
    Inventors: Riccardo Massa, Vito Caggiano, Gianluca Ratti
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PASSIVE INTERMODULATION DISTORTION TESTING
    Publication number: 20170122990
    Abstract: A passive intermodulation (“PIM”) distortion test apparatus includes a housing, hammering elements disposed within the housing, each hammering element including a moveable striking member, a strike plate positioned above the hammering elements, where a bottom surface of the strike plate is positioned at a distance above the hammering elements such that the moveable striking members of the hammering elements impact the strike plate when moved into their activated positions, and a retaining member that is configured to hold a device under test on a top surface of the strike plate while a PIM distortion test is performed on the device under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Riccardo Massa, Vito Caggiano, Gianluca Ratti