B23K 3/082
Flux dispensers
Official title: {Flux dispensers; Apparatus for applying flux}
B23K3/082 (Flux dispensers) appears on 139 US grants and 141 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 139
- Published applications
- 141
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 366
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
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| 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Optimization of nitrogen diffusers for dross reduction in a wavesolder machine16 Dec 2025US 12,496,647 B1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Method for adjusting flux distribution positions on circuit board9 Dec 2025US 12,495,503 B2Jetbest Corporation
- Soldering apparatus7 Oct 2025US 12,434,316 B2Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
- Condensation device, flux recovery device, soldering device, water vapor removing method, flux recovery method and solder processing method9 Sep 2025US 12,409,409 B2Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
- Semiconductor die dipping structure15 Jul 2025US 12,362,317 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Method for adjusting flux distribution positions on circuit board9 Oct 2025US 2025/0318054 A1Jetbest Corporation
- Jet soldering apparatus22 May 2025US 2025/0162053 A1Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
- Liquid transfer device and method for forming liquid film3 Apr 2025US 2025/0113444 A1Fuji Corporation
- Fluxing calibration14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375202 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Apparatus and method for wetting a component with a flux3 Oct 2024US 2024/0326148 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Conductive metal ball attaching apparatus and method, and bump forming method51US 5,601,229 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Method of depositing flux or flux and metal onto a metal brazing substrate41US 6,344,237 B12002
- Apparatus for cleaning and/or fluxing circuit card assemblies37US 5,048,549 AGeneral Dynamics Corp., Air Defense Systems Div. · 1991
- Apparatus and method for mounting soldering balls onto surfaces of electronic components32US 5,680,984 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1997
- No-flow flux and underfill dispensing methods31US 6,234,379 B1Nordson Corporation · 2001