Patents by Inventor Johann Mastele

Johann Mastele 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).

  • Device and method for wave soldering
    Patent number: 8070049
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a device for wave soldering workpieces, encompassing means for moving the workpiece, which is to be soldered, along a specific path across at least one solder wave generated above a solder reservoir, with a protective and/or active gas atmosphere of a first composition being located above the solder reservoir so as to exclude oxygen and with means for introducing the protective and/or active gas as well as an enclosure being provided, with the enclosure being configured in such a manner that it encloses at least the essential parts of a solder zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann Mästele, Ernst Wandke
  • Device and method for wave soldering
    Publication number: 20080277457
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a device for wave soldering workpieces, encompassing means for moving the workpiece, which is to be soldered, along a specific path across at least one solder wave generated above a solder reservoir, with a protective and/or active gas atmosphere of a first composition being located above the solder reservoir so as to exclude oxygen and with means for introducing the protective and/or active gas as well as an enclosure being provided, with the enclosure being configured in such a manner that it encloses at least the essential parts of a solder zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Johann Mastele, Ernst Wandke