ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,445, issued on March 31, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Soldering system and method of use" was invented by Gerardus Johannes Adrianus Maria Diepstraten (Dongen, Netherlands) and Antonie Cornelis Colijn (Nieuwendijk, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soldering system for processing at least one printed circuit board. The system comprises a first solder pot and a second solder pot, each configured to move within a movement plane. At least one of the first solder pot and the second solder pot is further configured to rotate about a solder pot axis extending transverse to the movement plane. The ...