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US 11,369,010 B2Granted
Induction heating extension cables including control conductors
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsAnthony V. Salsich, Paul Verhagen
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Abstract
Induction heating extension cables including control conductors are disclosed. An example cable assembly includes: a first plurality of conductors in a Litz cable arrangement; an outer protective layer configured to protect the plurality of conductors from physical damage; and a second plurality of conductors that are electrically isolated from the first plurality of conductors and are protected by the outer protective layer from physical damage.
Claims20
An induction heating monitoring apparatus configured to:
- collect sensor data from a sensor associated with an induction heating operation being performed using an induction heating cable;
- digitize the collected sensor data;
- and
- communicate the digitized data to an induction heating power supply via a plurality of first conductors of the induction heating cable, the one or more first conductors being electrically isolated from one or more second conductors configured to carry induction heating power, the one or more first conductors and the one or more second conductors contained within an outer jacket of the induction heating cable, the induction heating monitoring apparatus comprising first terminations or connectors configured to be coupled to the second one or more conductors and second terminations or connectors coupled to the first terminations or connectors to be coupled to at least one of an induction heating extension cable or an induction heating blanket, wherein the first terminations or connectors and the second terminations or connectors are configured to pass through the induction heating power from the second one or more conductors to the at least one of the induction heating extension cable or the induction heating blanket.
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An induction heating system, comprising:
- an induction heating power supply;
- and
- a cable assembly, comprising:
- a first plurality of conductors in a Litz cable arrangement;
- an outer protective layer configured to protect the first plurality of conductors from physical damage;
- and
- a second plurality of conductors that are electrically isolated from the first plurality of conductors and are protected by the outer protective layer from physical damage;
- a monitoring device coupled to the induction heating power supply via the second plurality of conductors and configured to:
- collect data associated with an induction heating operation being performed by the induction heating power supply using the induction heating cable;
- digitize the collected data;
- and
- communicate the digitized data to the induction heating power supply via the second plurality of conductors, the monitoring device comprising first terminations or connectors configured to be coupled to the first one or more conductors and second terminations or connectors coupled to the first terminations or connectors to be coupled to at least one of an induction heating extension cable or an induction heating blanket, wherein the first terminations or connectors and the second terminations or connectors are configured to pass through the induction heating power from the second one or more conductors to the at least one of the induction heating extension cable or the induction heating blanket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.