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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsuru Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/005 ; B23K 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/005 ; B23K 3/00 ;
Abstract
To provide parts soldering apparatus and method which improve the productivity during parts soldering and increase the mounting accuracy of parts on a circuit board. The parts soldering apparatus of the present invention has: a stage for positioning a circuit board whereon, the circuit board is mounted a solder tip whereon; a loading arm made of a light-transmitting material, for loading a part onto the solder tip; a fluctuating mechanism for pressing the loading arm toward the circuit board; and an optical source for irradiating light onto the part through the loading arm and for melting the solder tip by the conductive heat of the light irradiated onto the part.