# US 10,766,090 B2 · Control panels for power systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,766,090 B2 - Document ID: US10766090B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/444,789 - Filed: 2017-02-28 - Published: 2017-08-31 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-29 - Assignees: Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Applicants: Illinois Tool Works - Inventors: Nathan Joe Jochman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766090B2 ## CPC - B23K 9/1075: {Parallel power supply, i.e. multiple power supplies or multiple inverters supplying a single arc or welding current} - B23K 9/1006: {Power supply} - B23K 9/32: Accessories - B60P 3/14: the object being a workshop for servicing, for maintenance, or for carrying workmen during work (lifting devices for movable platforms or cabins for workmen B66F11/04) - F02B 63/04: for electric generators - F02B 63/06: for pumps - H02G 3/0406: {Details thereof (installation or suspension of conduit channels and other supports H02G3/263)} - H02G 3/083: {Inlets} - B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G) - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES ## Abstract Control panels for welding systems are disclosed. An example power system for a vehicle includes a generator to generate electrical power and to be installed on the vehicle; a first case component configured to be attached to a surface of the vehicle; and a second case component configured to be attached to the first case component to form an enclosure, the second case component comprising: a user control device configured to receive a user input for controlling an output of the generator; and an electrical output configured to output at least a portion of the electrical power generated by the generator. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power system for a vehicle, comprising: a generator housed within a service pack to generate electrical power, wherein the service pack is to be installed on the vehicle at a first location on the vehicle; a remote control panel for the power system including a first case component and a second case component, the first case component configured to be attached to a surface of the vehicle at a second location on the vehicle that is separate and remote from the service pack, the second case component configured to be attached to the first case component, the first case component and the second case component together forming an enclosure; a user control device located on the second case component configured to receive a user input for controlling an output of the generator; and an electrical output located on the second case component configured to output at least a portion of the electrical power generated by the generator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The power system as defined in claim 1, wherein the second case component comprises electrical conversion circuitry configured to receive the electrical power from the generator and to provide converted electrical power to the electrical output. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The power system as defined in claim 2, wherein the electrical output comprises an electrical outlet to output the electrical power. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The power system as defined in claim 3, wherein the electrical output comprises at least one of a 120V alternating current output, a 240V alternating current output, a 24V direct current output, or a 12V direct current output. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The power system as defined in claim 3, wherein the user control device comprises a selection switch to control an output voltage of the electrical output. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The power system as defined in claim 1, wherein the electrical output comprises a welding output connector. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The power system as defined in claim 6, further comprising a welding circuit configured to convert the electrical power from the generator to welding-type power, the welding output connector to output the welding-type power. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The power system as defined in claim 7, wherein the user control device comprises a welding control input configured to control the welding circuit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The power system as defined in claim 1, wherein the second case component is configured to hold a control circuit inside of the enclosure when the second case component is attached to the first case component. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The power system as defined in claim 9, wherein the second case component is configured to be detachable from the first case component to enable access to the control circuit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The power system as defined in claim 1, wherein the first and second case components comprise sheet metal or rigid plastic. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The power system as defined in claim 1, further comprising: one or more cables coupling the generator to the electrical output, the one or more cables entering the remote control panel and extending from the remote control panel through the second case component to the service pack and not extending through the first case component; and integrated strain relievers physically coupling the one or more cables to the second case component to reduce physical strain on the one or more cables. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The power system as defined in claim 12, wherein the one or more cables comprise one or more of: an alternating current cable connected between a winding of the generator and at least one of a transformer or an alternating current outlet on the second case component; a direct current cable connected to a direct current outlet on the second case component; weld conductors connected to welding output connectors on the second case component; or a control cable comprising one or more conductors connected between a control unit in the second case component and at least one of the generator, a welding circuit, a compressor, or a hydraulic pump. ### Claim 14 A control panel for a vehicle power system, comprising: a first portion of an enclosure configured to be mounted to a vehicle at a location that is separate and remote from the vehicle power system; and a second portion of the enclosure comprising a control interface located on the second portion, at least one of the control interface or a control circuit coupled to the control interface configured to be coupled to the vehicle power system via one or more cables, and the second portion of the enclosure configured to be attached to the first portion of the enclosure to complete the enclosure and to mount the control interface to the vehicle, wherein the control interface comprises an electrical outlet to output electrical power from the vehicle power system, and whereby the enclosure forms a barrier between at least the control circuit and the vehicle power system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The control panel as defined in claim 14, wherein the electrical outlet is a welding output configured to output welding-type power from the vehicle power system. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The control panel as defined in claim 14, wherein the electrical outlet comprises at least one of a 120V alternating current output, a 240V alternating current output, a 24V direct current output, or a 12V direct current output. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The control panel as defined in claim 14, wherein the second portion of the enclosure comprises cable strain relievers to reduce stress on the one or more cables. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The control panel as defined in claim 14, wherein the control circuit is configured to be hard wired to the one or more cables. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The control panel as defined in claim 14, wherein at least one of the first portion of the enclosure or the second portion of the enclosure comprises a protective protrusion to reduce impacts on the control interface. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The control panel as defined in claim 14, wherein the second portion of the enclosure is detachable from the first portion of the enclosure to reduce a weight of the control panel during installation of the first portion of the enclosure, and is attachable to the first portion of the enclosure to mount the control interface onto the vehicle. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14) The control panel as defined in claim 14, wherein the second portion of the enclosure is configured to be detachable from the first portion of the enclosure to enable access to at least one circuit contained within the enclosure.