Nathan J Blosser

US Patent:

20130108253, May 2, 2013

Filed:

Oct 2, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/633741

Inventors:

Nathan Blosser - Beverly MA, US
Brian S. Merrow - Harvard MA, US

Assignee:

TERADYNE, INC. - North Reading MA

International Classification:

F24F 7/00
F24H 3/00

US Classification:

392485, 454237

Abstract:

An apparatus for controlling the temperature of an object, comprises: a housing comprising: a cavity adapted to accept an object, an air inlet configured to allow air to flow into the cavity, and an air outlet configured to allow air to flow out of the cavity; and a nest configured to hold the object within the housing such that the smallest planar dimension of the object is substantially aligned with the smallest planar dimension of the cavity; wherein the nest and housing are adapted to direct air flow from the air inlet, substantially in parallel across at least one surface of the object and in the direction of the smaller dimension of the at least one surface, to the air outlet.

US Patent:

20140271064, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/834803

Inventors:

- North Reading MA, US
Philip Campbell - Bedford MA, US
Eric L. Truebenbach - Sudbury MA, US
Adna Khalid - North Reading MA, US
John P. Toscano - Auburn MA, US
Nathan James Blosser - Beverly MA, US
Jianfa Pei - Haverhill MA, US
Marc LeSueur Smith - Sterling MA, US

International Classification:

G11B 15/66

US Classification:

414280, 414807

Abstract:

An example system may include the following features: slots configured to receive devices to be tested; a device transport mechanism to move devices between a shuttle mechanism and slots; a feeder to provide devices untested devices and to receive tested devices; and a shuttle mechanism to receive an untested device from the feeder and to provide the untested device to the device transport mechanism, and to receive a tested device from the device transport mechanism and to provide the tested device to the feeder.