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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dale Ensminger, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Battelle Development Corporation, Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73582 ;
Abstract
A method for detection of unacceptable solder joints, especially solder pads on printed circuit boards (PCBs), by means of the application of acoustic vibrations over a range of frequencies to the solder joint and observation of the acoustic impedance of the joint as reflected back through the driver to the acoustic generator or through an acoustic detector near the generator to electrical detecting apparatus.