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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7649159 | Apparatus and a method of soldering a part to a board The present invention provides technology that uniformly heats and melts a plurality of solder material arranged in a plurality of locations on a board, and uniformly solders a plurality of parts to the board that are arranged in a plurality of locations on the boar... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7491916 | Induction coil design for portable induction heating tool and method for its use A portable induction tool is provided for soldering or brazing sections of metal pipe together. A work coil head (with induction coil) is U-shaped, allowing placement of the head around lengths of pipe, heating a susceptor (e.g., the pipe) to form a joint, and then ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7316064 | Induction reflow apparatus and method of using the same A method for manufacturing an electrical contact includes providing a series of electrical contacts joined on a carrier strip to a plating station followed by an induction heating station. At the plating station, plating the electrical contacts with a conductive all... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7285758 | Rapid thermal processing lamp and method for manufacturing the same A method and system for inductively coupling energy to a heating filament (7A′, 7B′, 7C′, 7A, 7B, 7C) in a thermal processing environment. By applying AC power to a coil antenna (11) and inductive coupling to a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7259356 | Temperature self-regulating soldering iron with removable tip A soldering iron with a removable tip, including: a soldering iron, including: a shaft; a ferrite bobbin disposed on the shaft; a magnetic coil wrapped around the ferrite bobbin; and a removable tip with a heater element disposed thereon, wherein the heater element ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7202450 | Induction coil design for portable induction heating tool A portable induction tool is provided for soldering or brazing sections of metal pipe together. A work coil head (with induction coil) is U-shaped, allowing placement of the head around lengths of pipe, heating a susceptor (e.g., the pipe) to form a joint, and then ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168160 | Method for mounting and heating a plurality of microelectronic components A method for heat-treating a plurality of microelectronic structures attached to a non-metallic substrate is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) placing the non-metallic substrate and the plurality of microelectronic structures in an oscillating electr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161122 | Assembly packaging using induction heating An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to package a device. Heat is localized on a die having bumps on a package substrate using a first induction heater operating at a first frequency. Heat is localized on at least an integrated heat spreader (IHS), ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7025245 | Magnetic welder A magnetic welding and joining device is provided. The device has a separable induction coil that can be selectively coupled to provide an induction coil to be positioned around workpieces that are to be magnetically welded or joined. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7009157 | Procedure for soldering the constituent layers of a multilayer printed circuit and the machine used for same Procedure for soldering the constituent layers of a multilayer printed circuit and machine for performing it. The procedure is applicable to circuits made up of layers containing the circuit image (2, 3, 4, 5,) that have perimetral strips (9) in... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6905061 | Method of making a golf club head A method of making a titanium golf club head includes steps. One adopts Ti-4-6 Titanium alloy as SPDF material under isothermal forging conditions, sets the SPDF temperature at between 870-970 degrees Celsius, while heating the molds and workpieces simultaneously in... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902097 | Electrically conductive wire A method of soldering comprises disposing first and second balls of solder adjacent one another on a wire; disposing flux on the wire between and in contact with both of the first and second balls and so as to substantially fill a space between the first and second ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6875966 | Portable induction heating tool for soldering pipes A portable induction tool is provided for soldering or brazing sections of metal pipe together. A work coil head (with induction coil) is U-shaped, allowing placement of the head around lengths of pipe, heating a susceptor (e.g., the pipe) to form a joint, and then ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6799712 | Conveyor oven profiling system A system is disclosed for determining optimal process settings for a conveyor oven, such as a reflow oven used to reflow solder paste on a PCB assembly. According to a disclosed embodiment, an ideal temperature profile is obtained from the solder paste specification... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6548790 | Apparatus for manufacturing solid solder deposit PCBs A novel apparatus for manufacturing Solid-Solder-Deposit Printed Circuit Boards (SSD-PCBs) by melting solder powder via induction heating consequently forming relatively thick layers of solid solder over the soldering pads of a bare-PCB 230. Solid Solder ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6288376 | Method and apparatus for melting a bump by induction heating According to a method of melting a bump improved to omit processes of flux application, reflow, cleaning and drying, a bump formed on a substrate is heated and melted by electromagnetic induction using an induction heating coil in ambient of low oxygen co... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6236029 | Apparatus for soldering flat rectangular connectors and method using same A method and apparatus for soldering the core end (3) of an electrical wire (4) to a tinplated spoon (2) of a contact terminal of a connector (1) by using a soldering sleeve (5) that is a shrinkable tube including meltable soldering material. The method i... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6226862 | Method for manufacturing printed circuit board assembly Disclosed is a new process for electrically and mechanically joining arrays of conductors on flexible printed circuits and other flexible conductors including collated flat, flexible cables (FFCs). An array of flat copper conductors on a flexible dielectr... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6229124 | Inductive self-soldering printed circuit board A new apparatus for inductively soldering surface-mount, straddle-mount and through-hole type electronic components into a self-soldering PCB (printed circuit board) in an automated fashion utilizing localized Electromagnetic Induction Heating (E.I.H.). C... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6188052 | Matrix-inductor soldering apparatus and device A new apparatus and process for soldering surface-mount and through-hole type electronic components into a printed circuit board (PCB) in an automated fashion utilizing localized electromagnetic induction heating. Current manufacture technology for packag... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6078031 | Method and device for joining oilfield tubulars A method for joining well and other oilfield tubulars by amorphous bonding comprises the steps of positioning a body of amorphous material (16) between adjacent and surfaces of a pair of oilfield tubulars (3, 4) that are to be joined and using induction h... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6031216 | Wire bonding methods and apparatus for heat sensitive metallization using a thermally insulated support portion A wire bonding apparatus has a first support arrangement for supporting a first integrated circuit package component. A second support arrangement is configured to supporting a second integrated circuit package component. The second support arrangement in... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5977527 | Changeover fixture for induction brazing work station A fixture for an induction brazing station includes a removable front plate on which is mounted a work piece holder. The base of the induction unit mounts to a back plate lying coplanar with the front plate on the work surface. The coil of the induction u... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5816482 | Method and apparatus for attaching balls to a substrate The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for attaching balls to a substrate for forming a ball grid array. The apparatus consists of two pole pieces, a magnetizing coil, and an excitation coil. The first pole piece has an alignment pla... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5580479 | High-frequency inductor heating tube for solder injectors The high-frequency inductor heating tube (1) for solder injectors is furnished as a hollow cylinder formed at one end as a cylindrical receiver tube. Windings of an inductor (2) are disposed over length of the cylindrical receiver tube. A solder injector ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5519192 | Method and apparatus for inductively soldering electrical connector elements Electrical connector components, for example, a pin terminal constructed from a solid wire pin and a formed metal body, are attached to a web carrier and fed through an inductive heating station, thereby bonding the components together. The components are... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5408072 | Variable temperature high frequency induction heating soldering iron The present invention generally relates to a high frequency soldering iron. In particular, the soldering iron of the present invention is provided with a tip which is directly heated for a quick heating to a desirable temperature set by a temperature sett... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5357084 | Device for electrically interconnecting contact arrays The jumper cable assembly 10 in accordance with the invention includes at least a first layer 12 of insulating film, an array of electrical conductors 20, each having first and second connecting portions 22,24 at opposed ends thereof and a fusible electri... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5329085 | Temperature self regulating heaters and soldering irons A Curie point heater primarily for use in a soldering iron and initially designed to operate with currents in the megahertz range is restructured to operate in the kilohertz range. Further in one embodiment of the heater, the coil exciting the heater is m... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5290984 | Device for positioning cable and connector during soldering A device for positioning a cable end and an associated connector during inductive heat soldering of the connector to the cable includes a housing having a pair of terminals connectable to a source of radio frequency (RF) current. A connector positioning s... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5288959 | Device for electrically interconnecting opposed contact arrays A device 10 usable in conjunction with a source of constant amplitude high frequency alternating current of known frequency for providing sufficient thermal energy to melt a fusible electrically conductive material 24 includes an integral member formed fr... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5227596 | Self regulating connecting device containing fusible material In accordance with the present invention, a heater element which includes a layer of ferromagnetic material is included in a connecting device along with a fusible material such as a solder preform. The connecting device includes, for example, a hollow sl... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5182427 | Self-regulating heater utilizing ferrite-type body A self-regulating heater is provided by placing ferrite-type body member, which is highly lossy when exposed to a high frequency magnetic field and has a predetermined Curie temperature, on or around a central conductor which is connected or is adapted to... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5163856 | Multipin connector A relatively flat, rectangular multipin connector has a terminal end to each pin adapted to receive the stripped end of a wire to be soldered thereto. Both surfaces of the pin may be arcuate in cross-section, one surface being concave and adapted to recei... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5126521 | System for producing heat in alternating magnetic fields This invention provides a system for providing heating in an alternating magnetic field using lossy heat producing magnetic particles. This invention disclosed a system comprising a combination of particles wherein the first particles are lossy heat produ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5098319 | Multipin connector A relatively flat, rectangular multipin connector has a terminal end to each pin adapted to receive the stripped end of a wire to be soldered thereto. Both surfaces of the pin may be arcuate in cross-section, one surface being concave and adapted to recei... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5093545 | Method, system and composition for soldering by induction heating This invention provides a method for soldering using induction heating, which is accomplished by the use of lossy heating particles in or on the solder. The method of this invention provides direct heating of the solder itself through induction heating of... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5064978 | Assembly with self-regulating temperature heater perform for terminating conductors and insulating the termination A heater preform comprised of a layer of magnetic material on a layer of nonmagnetic conductive metal comprises a self-regulating heater, and the heater preform is wrapped around or against a solder preform within a length of heat recoverable tubing. A co... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5059756 | Self regulating temperature heater with thermally conductive extensions Spaced contact pads (23,43,83,84) on a printed circuit board (19,45,85) are soldered to respective spaced contacts (21,41,51,81,82) in a cable (230,50) or connector assembly (40,80) by means of respective spaced connecting members (15,48,57,70,92,94,96,98... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5032703 | Self regulating temperature heater carrier strip Simultaneous solder connections of multiple electrical terminals to respective electrical leads is achieved by conducting thermal energy from an actuable heater body (10,40,50,60,70) to the multiple connection sites via the terminals (20,21,45) themselves... | 07/16/1991 |
