Patents by Inventor Joseph Edward Zdimal

Joseph Edward Zdimal 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).

  • Solder bonding/debonding nozzle insert
    Patent number: 6223968
    Abstract: In an apparatus for soldering/desoldering components having a nozzle with larger and smaller ends, the larger end for attaching to an exhaust for drawing a vacuum and to a supply of heated gas for at least softening solder, an insert is attached at the smaller end of the nozzle to adjust the size of that opening for receiving each of a plurality of components, fitting different inserts to different sizes of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Felix Gabriel, Miguel Angel Jimarez, Joseph Edward Zdimal
  • Solder bonding/debonding nozzle insert
    Patent number: 6082608
    Abstract: In an apparatus for soldering/desoldering components having a nozzle with larger and smaller ends, the larger end for attaching to an exhaust for drawing a vacuum and to a supply of heated gas for at least softening solder, an insert is attached at the smaller end of the nozzle to adjust the size of that opening for receiving each of a plurality of components, fitting different inserts to different sizes of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Felix Gabriel, Miguel Angel Jimarez, Joseph Edward Zdimal
  • Solder bonding/debonding nozzle insert
    Patent number: 5810241
    Abstract: In an apparatus for soldering/desoldering components having a nozzle with larger and smaller ends, the larger end for attaching to an exhaust for drawing a vacuum and to a supply of heated gas for at least softening solder, an insert is attached at the smaller end of the nozzle to adjust the size of that opening for receiving each of a plurality of components, fitting different inserts to different sizes of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Felix Gabriel, Miguel Angel Jimarez, Joseph Edward Zdimal