ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,378, issued on July 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Soldering apparatus including a shuttered light source" was invented by Seongchan Han (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyungdeuk Min (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soldering apparatus includes a soldering chamber having a soldering region. A transfer actuator passes through the soldering region. The transfer actuator is configured to move a substrate on which an electronic component is disposed into and out of the soldering region. A light source is disposed in the soldering chamber and casts light toward the soldering reg...