Soldering device and method of making same
AssigneeHakko Corporation
InventorHiroyuki Masaki
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Abstract
A soldering device includes a tip member and a temperature sensor embedded within the tip member by a buckled copper pipe that is thermally conductive. A soldering device includes a tip member and a temperature sensor embedded within the tip portion by application of a crimping force that deforms the tip portion onto the temperature sensor. A soldering device includes a tip member, a heater member, and a thermally conductive wedge that is pushed into a gap between the tip member and the heater member. A soldering device includes a tip cartridge carried by a handle assembly that includes an o-ring and an o-ring cover that keeps the o-ring from falling off of the handle assembly. The o-ring cover includes a hook portion that engages a catch feature of the handle housing.
Claims18
A soldering device comprising:
- a tip member including a front tip, a rear end, and a hole formed into the rear end, the hole having a bottom surface in which a recess is formed;
- a heater member disposed inside the hole;
- a temperature sensor disposed inside the recess and located between the heater member and front tip;
- and
- a pipe disposed inside the recess, wherein the pipe has a buckled configuration.
A soldering device comprising:
- a thermal conductive sleeve that includes a rear end, a hole formed into the rear end, a heat transferring surface, and a protruding part extending out of the heat transferring surface, there being a recess formed into the protruding part;
- a heater disposed inside the hole;
- a temperature sensor disposed within the protruding part;
- a pipe disposed within the protruding part;
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- a removable tip that includes a heat receiving surface detachably engaged to the heat transferring surface, wherein the protruding part and the temperature sensor are disposed within the removable tip.
A method of making a soldering device, the method comprising:
- passing a pair of electrical wires through a pipe and placing a temperature sensor with the pipe into a blind hole formed into a rear end of a tip member, the blind hole having a bottom surface in which a recess is formed, the recess being smaller in diameter than the blind hole;
- moving the temperature sensor with the pipe into the recess;
- placing a pipe into the recess after the inserting of the temperature sensor into the recess;
- deforming the pipe inside the recess;
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- placing a heater member in the hole and behind the temperature sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.