ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,248, issued on June 16, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"System and method for combined wave solder flow design" was invented by Jonathan M. Dautenhahn (Lake Ozark, Mo.), Gregory D. Calvo (Camdenton, Mo.), Gregory Leo Hueste (Camdenton, Mo.) and Jackson Schieber (Columbia, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wave soldering station includes a solder pot having a reservoir of solder material, a flow duct positioned in the reservoir of the solder pot, and a wave soldering nozzle assembly coupled to the flow duct. The wave soldering nozzle assembly has a solder distribution baffle configured to create a solder...