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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Patrick Albrecht, Neenah, WI (US);
William Todd Watson, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/00 (2006.01); B23K 9/028 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 101/06 (2006.01); B23K 101/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/0026 (2013.01); B23K 9/0286 (2013.01); B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 2101/06 (2018.08); B23K 2101/10 (2018.08);
Abstract
A welding system includes an orientation sensing system associated with a welding torch and is configured to sense a welding torch orientation relative to a direction of gravity. The welding system also includes a processing system communicatively couple to the orientation sensing system and configured to determine an angular position of the welding torch relative to a pipe based at least in part on the sense welding torch orientation.