US Patent Issued to BorgWarner US Technologies on April 22 for "Conformal coating blockage by surface-mount technology solder features" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,769, issued on April 22, was assigned to BorgWarner US Technologies LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Conformal coating blockage by surface-mount technology solder features" was invented by David W. Ihms (Russiaville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conformal coating control method includes arranging at least one conformal control surface feature on a surface of a printed circuit board proximate perimeter pads of an integrated circuit. The method also includes soldering, to the printed circuit board, the integrated circuit. The method also includes applying a conformal coating material to the printed circuit board, wherein the conformal ...