# US 12,179,968 B2 · Formable stopper > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,179,968 B2 - Document ID: US12179968B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/964,068 - Filed: 2022-10-12 - Published: 2023-06-08 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-02 - Assignees: Fivetech Technology Inc. - Applicants: Fivetech Technology Inc. - Inventors: Ting-Jui Wang; Chih-Wei Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179968B2 ## CPC - B23K 1/20: Preliminary treatment of work or areas to be soldered, e.g. in respect of a galvanic coating - B65D 47/40: with drip catchers or drip-preventing means - B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A formable stopper applied to a fixing structure comprises a body having an assembly hole or an assembly section. The assembly hole or the assembly section includes a placement portion and an assembly portion. The assembly portion is in communication with or connected to the placement portion, or the placement portion is the assembly portion. The formable stopper further comprises a formable body. The formable body is adapted to be extruded, placed, or fitted into the placement portion, and extruded, placed, or fitted into the assembly portion, so as to form an interference structure or to form an interference force for preventing or avoiding the formable body from falling out of the assembly hole. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A formable stopper applied to a fixing structure, the fixing structure comprising a body having an assembly hole or an assembly section, the assembly hole or the assembly section comprising a placement portion and an assembly portion, the assembly portion being in communication with or connected to the placement portion, or the placement portion being the assembly portion; the formable stopper comprising: a formable body adapted to be extruded, placed, or fitted into the placement portion, and extruded, placed, or fitted into the assembly portion, so as to form an interference structure or to form an interference force for preventing or avoiding the formable body from falling out of the assembly hole or the assembly section, wherein the body is for assembling to an object, the object comprises an installation portion corresponding to the body, the installation portion and the body respectively have a solderable surface and a corresponding solderable surface, a solder layer is provided at the solderable surface or the corresponding solderable surface, the solder layer is heated and liquidized into liquid solder, the liquid solder is solidified so as to solder the body to the object, and the formable stopper is adapted to stop the liquid solder from flowing into the assembly portion during a soldering process. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The formable stopper according to claim 1, wherein the assembly portion comprises a thread structure or a column structure, and the formable body is adapted to be extruded or fitted into the thread structure or the column structure of the assembly portion so as to form the interference structure or to form a portion of the fixing structure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The formable stopper according to claim 1, wherein the assembly portion comprises a thread structure or a column structure, and the formable body is adapted to be extruded or fitted into the thread structure or the column structure of the assembly portion so as to form the interference structure, and the interference force is for preventing heated liquid solder from flowing into the thread structure during a surface mounting or soldering process, or the interference force is for picking up the fixing structure via the formable body by a tool during an automated pick-up process. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The formable stopper according to claim 1, wherein the formable body is made of Teflon, nylon, silicone, rubber, a plastic heat-resistant material, or metal, which does not fall off, fall out, melt, or deform during an implementation in a soldering and heating process or a surface mounting, soldering, and heating process. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The formable stopper according to claim 1, wherein the interference structure comprises a filling portion filling the placement portion or an interference portion embedded into the assembly portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The formable stopper according to claim 1, wherein the assembly portion comprises a thread structure, and the interference structure is at least embedded into a thread of the thread structure. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The formable stopper according to claim 1, wherein the interference structure is adapted to withstand a pushing force or a pulling force of at least 0.0001 kgf to 50 kgf. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The formable stopper according to claim 1, wherein adapted to be removed from the body when the soldering process is complete. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The formable stopper according to claim 1, wherein the formable body is a sheet, a washer, an elastic body, a radius body, a chamfered body, a right-angled body, an arched body, a concave body, a convex body, a stepped body, an inclined surface body, a toothed body, a circular body, a fastener, a spherical body, a curved body, an elastic fastener, a block, a hollow body, a post, or a thread body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The formable stopper according to claim 1, wherein the object is a printed circuit board, a printed circuit board provided with a solder layer, or a printed circuit board provided with a solderable surface on which a solder layer is provided. ### Claim 11 A formable stopper applied to a fixing structure, the fixing structure comprising a body having an assembly hole or an assembly section, the assembly hole or the assembly section comprising a placement portion and an assembly portion, the assembly portion being in communication with or connected to the placement portion, or the placement portion being the assembly portion; the formable stopper comprising: a formable body adapted to be extruded, placed, or fitted into the placement portion, and extruded, placed, or fitted into the assembly portion, so as to form an interference structure or to form an interference force for preventing or avoiding the formable body from falling out of the assembly hole or the assembly section, wherein the placement portion or the assembly portion is a radius corner, a chamfered corner, an arched corner, a concave, a convex, a stepped portion, an inclined surface, a column, a screw rod, a toothed portion, a curved surface, or a thread portion, the placement portion and the assembly portion are the same structure, or the placement portion is the assembly portion.