ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,694, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Reflow furnace" was invented by Yuwei Wang (Suzhou, China) and Yuexin Chen (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a reflow oven, comprising a heating zone, a cooling zone, a barrier and exhaust zone, a gas exhaust passage, a gas exhaust power device, and a detection device. The heating zone comprises a heating zone inlet and a heating zone outlet. The cooling zone comprises a cooling zone inlet and a cooling zone outlet. The barrier and exhaust zone is located between the heating zone outlet and the cooling zone...