B23K 3/0653
With wave generating means
Official title: {with wave generating means, e.g. nozzles, jets, fountains}
B23K3/0653 (With wave generating means) appears on 256 US grants and 176 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 256
- Published applications
- 176
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 437
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 9 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10 |
| 2004 | 8 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9 |
| 2013 | 6 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Radiant curtain heating assembly for wave soldering machine7 Jul 2026US 12,673,377 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- System and method for combined wave solder flow design16 Jun 2026US 12,654,248 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Soldering system and method of use31 Mar 2026US 12,589,445 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Dual pump system and method to control wavesolder contact length3 Feb 2026US 12,543,271 B1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Wave solder finger detection system and method20 Jan 2026US 12,532,444 B1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Preheating mechanism of jet soldering apparatus, and jet soldering apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199996 A1Koki Tec Corp.
- Dual pump system and method to control wavesolder contact length18 Jun 2026US 2026/0173278 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Wave height control for wave soldering1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001154 A1Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
- Jet soldering apparatus11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375827 A1Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
- Use of one or multiple cameras to do real-time solder nozzle process analyzation27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360574 A1Nordson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shield and method for selective wave soldering50US 5,704,535 AMicron Electronics, Inc. · 1998
- Gas shrouded wave soldering with gas knife44US 5,240,169 AElectrovert Ltd. · 1993
- Shield and method for selective wave soldering44US 5,617,990 AMicron Electronics, Inc. · 1997
- Multi stage heater42US 4,775,776 AElectrovert Ltd. · 1988
- Gas shrouded wave soldering42US 5,203,489 AElectrovert Ltd. · 1993