Patents by Inventor Howard G. Scheible

Howard G. Scheible has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wave soldering apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4463891
    Abstract: An apparatus for wave soldering component leads to a conductor on a printed circuit board surface includes a fountain for forming a standing wave of hot molten solder. A pool of hot oil having a specific gravity lower than the solder floats in a depression in the surface of the solder adjacent to the standing wave. A printed circuit board whose surface is to be soldered is passed through the crest of the molten solder standing wave and then while the solder adhering to the component leads and conductor is still molten, into contact with the pool of hot oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Howard G. Scheible, Jon B. Berkshire
  • Method for preparing stylus lapping discs
    Patent number: 4297312
    Abstract: An improved method of reproducing a spiral groove pattern in the surface of a plastic disc wherein the intersections of the surface of a metal article generated during the replication process are filled in to form concave junctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Charles B. Carroll, Howard G. Scheible