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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:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 3/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 3/102 ;
Abstract
A flow soldering process for mounting an electronic component onto a board by means of a lead-free solder material. Molten solder material is supplied and attached to a predetermined portion of the board in a solder material supplying zone, and the board is thereafter cooled by a cooling unit in a cooling zone such that the solder material adhering to the board is rapidly cooled to solidify.