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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6781084 | Apparatus and method for brazing The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a method for brazing work pieces together and which eliminates the disadvantages associated with conventional apparatus currently in use for brazing parts together. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6744003 | Automatic soldering machine An automatic soldering machine utilizing many design features which substantially reduces maintenance, simplifies the soldering operation, improves the process reliability, reduces the cycle time, and reduces the cost to fabricate such a machine. ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6294750 | Method and apparatus for automatically adjusting air pressure in a pneumatic weld head A pressure regulator system for a pneumatically- or hydraulically-actuated weld head. The weld head includes a switching valve comprising several ports: an inflow port attached to a source of pressurized gas, preferably air; an exhaust port; a first line ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6013899 | Method and apparatus for mounting soldering balls onto electrodes of a substrate or a comparable electronic component A pickup head 11 has a lower surface with absorbing holes 9 for picking up a plurality of soldering balls 1 from a soldering ball reservoir 15 by suction force of vacuum. Pickup head 11 mounts these soldering balls 1 on electrodes 5 formed on substrate 4 ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5954976 | Method and apparatus for automatically adjusting air pressure in a pneumatic weld head A pressure regulator system for a pneumatically- or hydraulically-actuated weld head. The weld head includes a switching valve comprising several ports: an inflow port attached to a source of pressurized gas, preferably air; an exhaust port; a first line ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5902495 | Method and apparatus for establishing a solder bond to a solder ball grid array Apparatus and method for establishing a solder bond between a solder ball grid array and a circuit mounted on a substrate includes a bonding tool having a bonding tip for applying heat to the site of one or more of the solder balls in the solder ball grid... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5831247 | Apparatus and method for producing an electronic component provided with bumps The invention provides an apparatus and a method for producing an electronic component provided with bumps, in which the operation of placing a solder ball serving as a material of a bump onto an electrode of a work is monitored, and if a solder ball plac... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5695667 | Method and apparatus for mounting soldering balls onto electrodes of a substrate or a comparable electronic component A pickup head 11 has a lower surface with absorbing holes 9 for picking up a plurality of soldering balls 1 from a soldering ball reservoir 15 by suction force of vacuum. Pickup head 11 mounts these soldering balls 1 on electrodes 5 formed on substrate 4 ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5614118 | Hot plate welder with pivotably movable carriage unit An apparatus for heat welding together thermoplastic components and work-pieces comprises a heating unit and a carriage unit. The heating unit is axially movable to contact and melt part of the work-piece to a sufficiently tacky state for the component to... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5560841 | Stator vane extraction A method in which the interface at which two components are bonded together, by a bonding material that has a lower melting temperature than the material from which the components are made, is heated to the melting temperature of the bonding material, all... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5506385 | Apparatus for forming solder-film on printed-wiring board A solder-film forming apparatus for automatically forming a solder-film on a conductive pad of a printed-wiring board. The solder-film forming apparatus includes a mechanism for receiving a solder ball, a suction head provided on a distal end thereof with... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5286945 | Apparatus for heating workpieces to bond the same An apparatus according to the present invention comprises a fixed electrode rod and a movable electrode unit movable toward and away from the fixed electrode rod. The movable electrode unit includes a first electrode rod for holding a set of workpieces wi... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5126527 | High temperature solder device for flat cables A High Temperature Solder Device for Flat Cables includes a microwelder, an anvil which acts as a heat sink and supports a flexible flat ribbon cable that is to be connected to a multiple pin connector. The microwelder is made from a modified commercially... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5025125 | Brazing or soldering method and device including a laminar flow or gaseous flux A method and device for joining work pieces by soldering or brazing is disclosed whereby an induction coil is brought to a position where it at least partly surrounds the work pieces which by induction are heated to a suitable temperature for effecting th... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4894506 | Method and apparatus for reflow soldering of electrical component leads, including floating heater bar A method of reflow soldering a row of electrical component leads to a printed circuit board using a heater bar is disclosed. The method involves the steps of, firstly, moving the heater bar to a position above the location of the leads and allowing the he... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4835358 | Method and apparatus for soldering a platelike body A process and apparatus for soldering a platelike body inside hollow elements involves placing the platelike body and a hollow element on respective supports. The platelike body is drawn out or move to become positioned for electrical connecting to a firs... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4805830 | Method for soldering arrayed terminals and an automatic soldering device A method and device for automatic soldering multiple intermittently arranged terminals a bridging phenomenon from occurring between the soldered terminals by sliding, virtually horizontally, the iron tip of the soldering iron, which is held upon the array... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4804810 | Apparatus and method for tape bonding A bonding apparatus for eutectically bonding tape leads to semiconductors and other substrates includes four separate bonding rails for applying heat. The bonding rails have a preselected distribution of mass along their length in order to compensate for ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4678886 | Automatic soldering device An automatic soldering device is characterized in that the end portion (solder nozzle) 30 of a feeding tube 10 for guiding thread solder 22 is supported near and directed toward an iron tip by means of a holder 23, the base of which is fixed by means of a... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4563563 | Tape splicer to splice carrier strip The guide plates of a soldering apparatus for carrier strip are provided with grooves and slide bars that fit the grooves. The bars have pins fitting holes in the strip and means for precisely positioning the bars lengthwise in the grooves.... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4528437 | Electrical brazing anti-arcing control circuit To prevent arcing during an electrical brazing operation, the voltage drop across the brazing electrodes is sensed. When this voltage drop exceeds a predetermined threshold level due to arcing, a relay in a control circuit is picked up and its normally cl... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4500768 | Electrode mounting support In order to be able to change, without problems, the characteristic of an intended force measuring device (95, 107 through 123) provided on an electrode mounting support (7), having an electrode holder (81), according to the electrode (105) being used, th... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4495396 | Aligning a workpiece to a body A workpiece such as a minute stud (34) is aligned to a small porcelain body (36) to form a guide (40) for processing lightwaves. Such alignment includes registering a target (30) of an avalanche photodiode in a chip (32) on the stud (34) to a fiber receiv... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4471202 | Dual brazing alloy wire feeder A method and apparatus for brazing a commutator to a pair of armature wires which are arranged one above the other employ a dual brazing alloy wire feeder which feeds one brazing alloy wire between a commutator and the lowermost armature wire, while simul... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4460817 | Resistance reflow soldering apparatus A small-sized light-weight resistance reflow soldering apparatus for modifying the wiring pattern on a printed circuit board, with the soldering apparatus including a heating device with an adjustable weight, a supporting mechanism for a vertically movabl... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4319707 | Brazing apparatus to manufacture composite compact components A component comprised of a composite compact, preferably diamond, and a substrate bonded to the compact. A preferred embodiment of the component is a cutter for a drill bit. The compact is comprised of a layer of bonded diamond or boron nitride particles ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4169223 | Battery cell soldering apparatus A battery cell soldering apparatus for coupling a plurality of battery cells within a battery casing comprising a support platform and a battery casing holder wherein the support platform operatively supports a soldering block including a plurality solder... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4114014 | Process and apparatus for producing a wire-harness This invention provides a process for producing a wire-harness, in which by arranging connectors having exposed connection ends on a working stand at intervals corresponding to intervals in the product, holding these connection ends on one of welding elec... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4110591 | Apparatus and method for brazing tips on circular saw teeth An apparatus--for brazing tungsten carbide tips (also known as "inserts") on circular saw teeth--which includes instrumentalities to practice a method comprising, with respect to each saw tooth, the following steps: (1) clamping an initially separate tip ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 3991927 | Automatic frame brazing machine An automatic machine is described for completing a metal frame such as a bicycle frame by brazing the principal portions of the frame together. The machine comprises a large rotatably mounted turret which is stepped about a vertical axis. A number of braz... | 11/16/1976 |
