公开(公告)号：US20060061348A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-23

申请号：US10945146

申请日：2004-09-20

申请人： James Cannon ,  Michael McTigue

发明人： James Cannon ,  Michael McTigue

IPC分类号： G01R31/02

CPC分类号： G01R1/06788 ,  G01R1/06772

摘要： Unitized probe tip assemblies of reduced size for a micro-browser use surface mount components in an isolation/coupling network that may include a parallel RC combination in series with a damping resistor. These surface mount components are soldered directly to one another without the use of a substrate. A pointed contact tip is soldered directly to one end of the surface mount components, and at the other end of those components is soldered the center conductor of a coaxial transmission line leading to a replication amplifier. A portion of the isolation/coupling network is enclosed within a supporting conductive shield that is also soldered to the outer conductive shield of the coaxial cable, which may be a semi-rigid micro coax (which might also be of a memory metal, such as Nitinol) that transitions into a flexible coaxial cable after leaving a slot in a sleeve that carries stationary and rotating rods (which might also be of a memory metal) to which the unitized probe tip assemblies are attached. In an alternate embodiment the isolation/coupling network may be a shaft of resistive diamond having a sharp tip at one end where it has a low bulk resistance the functions as a series damping resistance, which shaft also has toward the other end a much higher bulk resistance that functions as an isolation resistance that is also shunted by a coupling capacitance formed of a conductive pattern printed on the outside of the region of higher bulk resistance.

摘要翻译： 用于微型浏览器的尺寸减小的单元化探针头组件在隔离/耦合网络中使用表面安装部件，其可以包括与阻尼电阻器串联的并联RC组合。 这些表面安装部件在不使用基板的情况下直接焊接在一起。 尖锐的接触尖端直接焊接到表面安装部件的一端，并且在这些部件的另一端焊接通向复制放大器的同轴传输线的中心导体。 隔离/耦合网络的一部分被封装在还被焊接到同轴电缆的外部导电屏蔽的支撑导电屏蔽中，支撑导电屏蔽可以是半刚性微同轴电缆（其也可以是记忆金属，例如 在将带有固定和旋转的杆（其也可能是记忆金属）的套筒中留下槽之后，其转变成柔性同轴电缆，所述单元化探针末端组件附接到所述套筒上。 在替代实施例中，隔离/耦合网络可以是电阻金刚石的轴，其一端具有尖锐尖端，其具有低体积电阻，起到串联阻尼阻力的作用，该轴也朝另一端产生高得多的体积 用作隔离电阻的电阻，其也被由印刷在较高体积电阻的区域的外部的导电图案形成的耦合电容分流。

公开(公告)号：US20060250744A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-09

申请号：US11122618

申请日：2005-05-05

申请人： Michael McTigue ,  James Cannon

发明人： Michael McTigue ,  James Cannon

IPC分类号： H02H9/00

CPC分类号： H01L27/0248 ,  H01T4/08

摘要： ESD events on a hybrid circuit are suppressed with a high performance spark gap cut in a metal trace with a suitable laser micro machining technique. The trace can be carried by a conventional printed circuit board (using FR4), or a ceramic substrate. Gap size is reduced by flushing the cut with a flow of gas that removes the vaporized copper and prevents it from re-depositing upon the cut surfaces and bridging them. The gap can be as narrow as 0.4 mils (0.0004 inches) and can have very well defined features that include sharp corners that assist in lowering the breakdown voltage. In addition, dielectric material below and off to either side of the trace that would otherwise adjoin the metallic gap can also be removed, which lowers breakdown voltage and decreases capacitance across the gap. Breakdown voltages as low as 300 V can be achieved. Such a spark gap is used at the probe tip of an active oscilloscope probe to protect the delicate circuitry therein.

摘要翻译： 使用合适的激光微加工技术，通过在金属迹线中的高性能火花隙切割来抑制混合电路上的ESD事件。 迹线可以由传统的印刷电路板（使用FR4）或陶瓷基板进行。 通过用去除蒸发的铜并防止其在切割表面上重新沉积并桥接它们的气体流冲洗切割来减小间隙尺寸。 间隙可以窄到0.4密耳（0.0004英寸），并且可以具有非常明确的特征，其特征包括有助于降低击穿电压的锐角。 此外，还可以除去低于和断开到迹线的任何一侧的电介质材料，否则其将与金属间隙相邻，这降低了击穿电压并降低跨越间隙的电容。 可以实现低至300V的击穿电压。 在有源示波器探针的探针尖端使用这样的火花隙，以保护其中的微妙电路。

公开(公告)号：US20070063715A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-22

申请号：US11264270

申请日：2005-11-01

申请人： James Cannon ,  Michael McTigue

发明人： James Cannon ,  Michael McTigue

IPC分类号： G01R31/02

CPC分类号： G01R1/06788 ,  G01R1/06772

摘要： A probe head provides an electrical signal to a receiving device. The probe head has a probe tip and a signal-ground transport element and the signal-ground transport element is configured to provide inherent spring properties.

公开(公告)号：US20070115010A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-24

申请号：US11284548

申请日：2005-11-22

申请人： Michael McTigue ,  James Cannon

发明人： Michael McTigue ,  James Cannon

IPC分类号： G01R31/02

CPC分类号： G01R1/06794

摘要： A probing system has a probing accessory for electrically connecting to a complementary probe accessory connected to a test point where the probing accessory captures and releases the complementary probe accessory by application of only tensile forces.

摘要翻译： 探测系统具有用于电连接到连接到测试点的互补探针附件的探测附件，其中探测附件通过仅施加拉力来捕获并释放互补探针附件。

公开(公告)号：US20050237078A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-27

申请号：US10829725

申请日：2004-04-22

申请人： James Cannon ,  David Dascher ,  Michael McTigue ,  Stuart Hall

发明人： James Cannon ,  David Dascher ,  Michael McTigue ,  Stuart Hall

IPC分类号： G01R1/067 ,  G01R31/02

CPC分类号： G01R1/06788 ,  G01R1/06711 ,  G01R1/06772

摘要： A micro-browser has pair of rods each rod entering a corresponding bore in a sleeve that retains them, and that may itself be carried by a grip shaped to be rotated between a thumb and a finger. The edge of a small circuit board is soldered at the distal end of the rod. One of the rods is allowed to rotate within its bore in the sleeve, while the other is held stationary by a notch in the sleeve. The rotatable rod has a captive spring that resists the force of probe contact. Each board carries a coupling network connected to a short sharp probe tip bent downward away from the plane of its board, allowing the distance between the probe tips to be a function of the amount of rotation. The other end of each coupling network is coupled to a short length of a respective 50Ω coaxial cable that passes through an axial slot in the grip to enter an amplifier pod that drives a main cable leading to test equipment. The rods may be held within the bores by friction created by slight bends in the rods. The circuit boards each include shields connected together at a location that is as close as possible to the probe tips by arranging that the rods touch each other near the probe tips. If the rods are parallel, then there is a slight bend in the non-rotating rod at the location where it passes the non-probe-carrying edge of the circuit board, such that it touches the corresponding portion of the rotatable rod. If the rods are both straight, then the axes of the rods are coplanar but convergent.

摘要翻译： 微型浏览器具有一对杆，每个杆进入保持它们的套筒中的相应孔，并且其本身可以由形状的手柄携带，以在拇指和手指之间旋转。 小电路板的边缘焊接在杆的远端。 允许其中一个杆在套筒内的孔中旋转，而另一个杆通过套筒中的凹口保持静止。 可旋转杆具有抵抗探针接触力的固定弹簧。 每个板都带有一个耦合网络，该耦合网络连接到从其板的平面向下弯曲的短的尖锐探针尖端，使得探针尖端之间的距离成为旋转量的函数。 每个耦合网络的另一端耦合到通过手柄中的轴向槽的相应的50mega同轴电缆的短长度，以进入驱动通向测试设备的主电缆的放大器盒。 杆可以通过由杆中的轻微弯曲产生的摩擦而保持在孔内。 电路板各自包括通过布置杆在探针尖端附近彼此接触而在尽可能靠近探针尖端的位置处连接在一起的屏蔽。 如果杆是平行的，那么非转动杆在其穿过电路板的非探针承载边缘的位置处有轻微的弯曲，使得它接触可旋转杆的相应部分。 如果杆都是直的，则杆的轴线是共面的但是会聚的。

公开(公告)号：US07945472B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-17

申请号：US11056040

申请日：2005-02-11

申请人： George Pappas ,  James Cannon

发明人： George Pappas ,  James Cannon

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/063112 ,  G06Q10/0635 ,  G06Q10/0637 ,  G06Q10/06375 ,  G06Q10/06393 ,  G06Q30/0202

摘要： The present invention includes a business management tool that is configured to receive and process both first and second data sources for planning, performance and forecasting purposes. The business management tool of the present invention is further configured to utilize essential data including key performance indicators. The foregoing data sets are inputting into an integrated planning, performance and forecasting methodology that integrates historical data and forecasting data to form a closed loop system for managing a business. Lastly, the business management tool of the present invention is adapted to advise managers of those conditions and variables that subject the business to the most risk with regard to revenue planning and forecasting.

摘要翻译： 本发明包括业务管理工具，其被配置为接收并处理用于规划，性能和预测目的的第一和第二数据源。 本发明的业务管理工具还被配置为利用包括关键性能指标在内的基本数据。 上述数据集输入集成的规划，性能和预测方法，整合历史数据和预测数据，形成一个管理业务的闭环系统。 最后，本发明的业务管理工具适于向管理者提供关于业务在收入计划和预测方面面临最大风险的那些条件和变量的建议。

公开(公告)号：US20100114111A1

公开(公告)日：2010-05-06

申请号：US12688437

申请日：2010-01-15

申请人： Francisca Tan-Malecki ,  John V. Hamilton ,  Andrew R. Sennett ,  Ronald Sahatjian ,  James Coyle ,  James Cannon ,  Liam Parrissey ,  John Mugan ,  Martin Bruggemann ,  Dion Gallagher ,  Damien Ryan

发明人： Francisca Tan-Malecki ,  John V. Hamilton ,  Andrew R. Sennett ,  Ronald Sahatjian ,  James Coyle ,  James Cannon ,  Liam Parrissey ,  John Mugan ,  Martin Bruggemann ,  Dion Gallagher ,  Damien Ryan

IPC分类号： A61F11/00

CPC分类号： A61B17/1637 ,  A61B17/16 ,  A61B17/1617 ,  A61B17/1642 ,  A61B17/1671 ,  A61B17/88 ,  A61B17/8805 ,  A61B17/8808 ,  A61B17/8816 ,  A61B17/8822 ,  A61B17/885 ,  A61B17/8858

摘要： The invention relates to a method of delivering and deploying a stent into a curvilinear cavity within a vertebral body or other bony or body structure. The invention also relates to devices that may be used to perform the steps to deliver and deploy a stent.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种将支架递送和展开到椎体或其他骨骼或身体结构内的曲线腔中的方法。 本发明还涉及可用于执行递送和展开支架的步骤的装置。

公开(公告)号：US20060254664A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-16

申请号：US11395872

申请日：2006-03-31

申请人： Cole Hickman ,  James Cannon

发明人： Cole Hickman ,  James Cannon

IPC分类号： F16L9/14

CPC分类号： F16L59/022

摘要： An insulating apparatus for use with vacuum insulated tubing sting to reduce heat loss through the joints, where the apparatus includes an insulator adapted to surround the joint and a latching joint protector adapted to surround the insulator and hold the insulator against the joint, where the protector also includes a channel for receiving injection and/or control tubing. The insulator is capable of reducing heat loss through the joints of a vacuum insulated tubing string by as much as 95%.

公开(公告)号：US20050242801A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-03

申请号：US11151126

申请日：2005-06-13

申请人： James Cannon

发明人： James Cannon

IPC分类号： G01B5/28 ,  G01R1/067 ,  G01R31/02

CPC分类号： G01R1/06794 ,  G01R1/06788

摘要： A solution to the problem of broken micro-browser probe assemblies caused by the accidental application of excessive force is to manufacture the rods out of a material that resists forces found in normal usage and appears stiff, but that will abruptly deform harmlessly under less force than causes permanent damage to other elements of the micro-browser. The sudden deformation serves as a signal to the operator to stop being a gorilla. That leaves the problem of re-shaping the rod. A preferred solution is to use as the rod a Nitinol superelastic metal wire that automatically returns to its previous shape once the force causing deformation is removed. An alternate solution is to make the rod from a length of Nitinol “memory metal” wire that restores itself to a pre-set shape upon the application of mild heat, such as immersion in a cup of hot water from an office coffee machine. The small circuit board and its components are not bothered by the bath. In each case the diameter of the wire is selected to make the wire be strong enough to not deform under normal use, but to allow it to abruptly deform under less force than will damage the other elements in the micro-browser.

摘要翻译： 由于意外施加过度的力量导致的微型浏览器探针组件损坏的问题的解决方案是从抵抗正常使用中发现的力的材料制造棒，但是在较小的力下会突然变形无害， 导致微浏览器其他元素的永久性损坏。 突然的变形作为一个信号给操作者停止大猩猩。 这就造成了棒的重塑。 一个优选的解决方案是使用镍钛诺超弹性金属丝作为棒，一旦导致变形的力被去除，其自动返回到其先前的形状。 一个替代的解决方案是使棒从一定长度的镍钛诺“记忆金属”线上，在施加温和的热量（例如浸入来自办公咖啡机的一杯热水中）时，其自身恢复到预定的形状。 小电路板及其组件不受浴缸打扰。 在每种情况下，选择线的直径以使线强度足以在正常使用下不变形，但是允许其在比在微浏览器中损坏其他元件的力更小的力下突然变形。

公开(公告)号：US20050162147A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-28

申请号：US10764909

申请日：2004-01-26

申请人： James Cannon

发明人： James Cannon

IPC分类号： G01R1/04 ,  G01R1/067 ,  H01R13/625 ,  G01R31/02 ,  H01R13/213 ,  H01R13/62

CPC分类号： H01R13/625 ,  G01R1/04 ,  G01R1/06772 ,  G01R1/06788 ,  H01R24/542 ,  H01R2103/00

摘要： A probe pod housing is connected by a cable to an active probe. The probe pod housing carries a male push-on precision BNC connector that is also a cross-series adapter. The center conductor of the cable receives a male connector that then mates with the non-BNC end of the cross-series adapter. Auxiliary conductors that may also be carried by the cable are connected to male pins (soldered to a circuit board carried within the probe pod) with a push-on female in-line connector. The active probe itself uses a soldered-to-the-shield threaded nut technique. The nut threads into a metallic body that contains the impedance converter and that is enclosed by the body of the active probe. The cable is replaced by first unsoldering the center conductor (and also any auxiliary conductors). Then the nut (which is still soldered to the shield) is unscrewed from the metallic body, and the cable is free from the probe. At the probe pod end the cable mounted male connector is simply unscrewed from the cross-series adapter, and any auxiliary conductors disconnected by removing the female wire-mounted in-line connector.

摘要翻译： 探头盒壳体通过电缆连接到有源探头。 探头盒外壳内装有一个公插的精密BNC连接器，也是一个交叉系列适配器。 电缆的中心导体接收一个公连接器，然后与交叉系列适配器的非BNC端配合。 也可以由电缆承载的辅助导体通过推入式母型在线连接器连接到阳销（焊接到探针盒内承载的电路板）。 主动探头本身使用焊接到屏蔽螺纹螺母技术。 螺母螺纹插入一个包含阻抗转换器并由有源探头的主体包围的金属体内。 通过首先取消焊接中心导体（以及任何辅助导体）来更换电缆。 然后从金属体上拧下螺母（仍然焊接到护罩上），电缆没有探头。 在探头盒端部，电缆安装的公连接器只是从交叉系列适配器上拧下来，并且任何辅助导体通过拆卸母线连接的在线连接器而断开。