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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Benjamin David Romenesko, Hortonville, WI (US);
Ronald Dewayne Woodward, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Adam Richard Schmitz, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael Thomas Schwarz, Hilbert, WI (US);
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A welding system includes a welder configured to output welding power to generate an arc between a welding electrode and a workpiece. The welding system also includes a power pin configured to be coupled to the welder in a first orientation or a second orientation. The power pin is configured to switch the welding power from a first polarity to a second polarity when the power pin is switched from being coupled to the welder in the first orientation to being coupled to the welder in the second orientation.