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US 10,593,491 B2Granted
Apparatus with membrane panel having close-proximity communication antenna
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsJeremy Overesch, Scott Liebert
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed of a membrane panel comprising a close-proximity communication antenna embedded within the membrane panel. In an example, a welding-type system includes a membrane panel with a user interface and a close-proximity communication antenna embedded within the membrane panel.
Claims19
A multilayer membrane panel user interface comprising:
- a first layer that includes a close-proximity communication antenna embedded within the membrane panel;
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- a second layer that includes a switch panel comprising a graphical user interfaces (GUI).
A welding-type system comprising a multilayer membrane panel user interface comprising:
- a close-proximity communication antenna embedded within the membrane panel;
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- a switch panel comprising one or more switches connected to a display via one or more electrical signal traces, wherein the welding-type system is configured to transmit and receive information via the close-proximity communication antenna or the one or more switches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.