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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Todd Gerald Batzler, Hortonville, WI (US);
Bruce Patrick Albrecht, Neenah, WI (US);
William Joshua Becker, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 19/24 (2006.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 37/00 (2006.01); G09B 5/00 (2006.01); G09B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 19/003 (2013.01); B23K 9/095 (2013.01); B23K 9/32 (2013.01); B23K 37/00 (2013.01); G09B 5/00 (2013.01); G09B 19/24 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37396 (2013.01); G09B 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A welding training system includes one or more welding operator device which provides positional feedback relevant to a quality weld. The positional feedback is analyzed and, when the positional feedback is outside of a predetermined range, a signal is provided to the welding operator. In one embodiment, tactile feedback is provided in a welding gun.