ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,404, issued on June 24, was assigned to ERSA GMBH (Wertheim, Germany).
"Transport system for transporting items to be soldered through a soldering system, and soldering system" was invented by Uwe Hofmann (Wurzburg, Germany) and Lothar EndreB (Wertheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport system (34) for transporting soldering material through a soldering apparatus (10), includes a transport track (38, 40) extending in a transport direction (18). The transport track includes transport rails (42, 44, 46, 48). Coupling elements (72, 120) are provided on a transport rail (42, 44, 46). The coupling elements include guide e...