US 12,000,879 B2
Apparatus for the automated assembly of a probe head
Roberto Subranni, Cernusco Lombardone (IT); David Heriban, Ecole Valentin (FR); Jean-Christophe Villain, Dole (FR); Jocelyn Perreau, Bonnay (FR); Florent Perrocheau, Besançon (FR); and Anne Delettre, Besançon (FR)
Assigned to TECHNOPROBE S.P.A., Cernusco Lombardone (IT)
Filed by Technoprobe S.p.A., Cernusco Lombardone (IT)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/997,726.
Application 16/997,726 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/EP2019/053725, filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000002877 (IT), filed on Feb. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0379015 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. B23P 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 1/073 (2006.01); G01R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 3/00 (2013.01) [G01R 1/07307 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for an automated assembly of a probe head for testing electronic devices, the apparatus comprising:
a support configured to support at least two parallel guides, which are provided with a plurality of respective guide holes;
at least one holding means configured to hold a contact probe to be housed in the guide holes, wherein the support is a movable support configured to be moved according to a preset trajectory between a first position, wherein the contact probe is held at a predetermined position outside the guide holes by the holding means, and a second position wherein the contact probe, which is held at the predetermined position, is housed in a set of guide holes that are substantially concentric to each other;
actuators of the support; and
a central unit connected to the actuators, the preset trajectory being calculated in the central unit according to a profile of the contact probe, the central unit being adapted to transform the profile into control instructions which are sent to the actuators of the support.