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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2019
Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Adam Pliska, Neenah, WI (US);

Leland Falde, Jackson, MI (US);

Assignee:

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/095 (2006.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 119/18 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/0953 (2013.01); B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 2119/18 (2020.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods to design part weld processes using media libraries are disclosed. An example system to generate weld instructions for display to a weld operator during a welding sequence, the system including: a processor; and a machine readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: provide an interface to define a weld program comprising a sequence of weld instructions for display to a weld operator during a weld sequence; in response to an input specifying a location of an object in a media library, defining an element in the weld program based on an identifier of the object in the media library; and generating the weld program by including the identifier of the object in the media library in association with the element.


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