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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:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Timothy J. Holcomb, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Scott M. Dreslinski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Timothy J. Holcomb, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Scott M. Dreslinski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Fanuc America Corporation, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/30 (2006.01); B23K 11/30 (2006.01); B23K 11/31 (2006.01); B23K 11/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 11/252 (2013.01); B23K 11/3072 (2013.01); B23K 11/314 (2013.01); B23K 11/3063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot welding apparatus including a welding station having a welding robot with weld tips for creating a weld along a work piece. A welding power supply and control pendant is also provided. A visual screen of the control pendant provides a view of the weld tips for use with the method to detect characteristics such as weld tip face measurement, tip wear measurement, tip alignment measurement, and cap replacement and type verification.