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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2006
Applicants:

Sabina J. Houle, Phoeniz, AZ (US);

Joel Williams, Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Sabina J. Houle, Phoeniz, AZ (US);

Joel Williams, Chandler, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/20 (2006.01); B23K 20/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Some embodiments include an apparatus comprising a spray head to spray a substrate, the substrate having a region to be sprayed and a region to be masked, the two regions separated by a boundary, and a mask having channels, the mask located between the spray head and the substrate. In an embodiment, the mask further has a lip to prevent flux overspray from falling onto a substrate below. In an embodiment, flux overspray removal is assisted with a vacuum system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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