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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:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
William Joshua Becker, Manitowoc, WI (US);
James M. Walker, Waupaca, WI (US);
Jeremy J. Erdmann, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 19/24 (2006.01); G09B 9/00 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 9/10 (2006.01); B23K 9/30 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01); B23K 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 19/24 (2013.01); B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 9/10 (2013.01); B23K 9/30 (2013.01); B23K 9/32 (2013.01); B23K 37/006 (2013.01); G09B 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A welding system includes a welding torch. The welding torch includes a sensor configured to detect a motion associated with the welding torch, a temperature associated with the welding torch, or some combination thereof. A display of the welding torch is activated, a determination is made that the welding torch has been involved in a high impact event, live welding using the welding torch is disabled, a software selection is made, or some combination thereof, based on the motion, the temperature, or some combination thereof.