US Patent Issued to Ironwood Electronics. on Sept. 9 for "Pneumatic semiconductor socket lid assembly" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,154, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Ironwood Electronics. Inc..

"Pneumatic semiconductor socket lid assembly" was invented by Jacob Vavra (Minneapolis), Ilavarasan M. Palaniappa (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) and David A. Struyk (Deephaven, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A socket lid for a semiconductor test socket which uses a plurality of pneumatic cylinders integrated into the socket lid to facilitate the application of a controlled and variable force to multiple zones of an electronic circuit device carried by the test socket. The socket lid includes a cylinder casing with multiple independently sealed pressure chambers,...