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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:
Aug. 31, 2010

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2005
Applicants:

Jeffrey R. Thomas, Appleton, WI (US);

Randall G. Baxter, Black Creek, WI (US);

Paul D. Verhagen, Appleton, WI (US);

Edward G. Beistle, Appleton, WI (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey R. Thomas, Appleton, WI (US);

Randall G. Baxter, Black Creek, WI (US);

Paul D. Verhagen, Appleton, WI (US);

Edward G. Beistle, Appleton, WI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for inductively heating a work piece. The induction heating system is coupleable to a plurality of temperature feedback devices operable to provide a signal representative of work piece temperature. The induction heating system is operable to control the output of the induction heating system based on the plurality of signals representative of work piece temperature received from the plurality of temperature feedback devices.


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