Intelligent soldering tip
AssigneeApex Brands, Inc.
InventorsGert Mittmann, Bernhard Eigen, Michael Möhl, Ralf Zerweck, Dirk Schönau
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Abstract
A soldering tool may include a tool body comprising circuitry configured to interface with a controller, and a tip portion including a tip that is heated to melt solder and a handpiece that is graspable by an operator. The tip portion includes a heater and a sensor disposed in the tip. The tip portion includes a tip memory device disposed at the handpiece. The tip memory device is configured to store parametric data. The tip memory device is configured to exchange data with the controller.
Claims18
A soldering tool comprising:
- a tool body comprising circuitry configured to interface with a controller;
- and
- a tip portion including a tip that is heated to melt solder and a handpiece that is graspable by an operator,
- wherein the tip portion comprises a heater and a sensor disposed in the tip,
- wherein the tip portion includes a tip memory device disposed at the handpiece,
- wherein the tip memory device is configured to store parametric data, wherein the parametric data comprises temperature offset data indicating a temperature difference between a sensed temperature at the sensor and a temperature at a distal end of the tip,
- wherein the tip memory device is configured to exchange data with the controller, and
- wherein the circuitry comprises a converter configured to transition from a two wire communication operably coupling the circuitry to the controller to a one wire communication operably coupling the circuitry to the tip memory or the tip memory and the sensor.
A tip portion for a soldering tool comprising a tool body comprising circuitry configured to interface with a controller, the tip portion comprising:
- a tip that is heated to melt solder based on operation of a heater;
- and
- a handpiece that maintains a temperature to be graspable by an operator when the tip is heated to melt solder,
- wherein a sensor is disposed in the tip proximate to the heater,
- wherein a tip memory device is disposed at the handpiece,
- wherein the tip memory device is configured to store parametric data, wherein the parametric data comprises temperature offset data indicating a temperature difference between a sensed temperature at the sensor and a temperature at a distal end of the tip, and
- wherein the tip memory device is configured to exchange data with the controller;
- wherein the circuitry comprises a converter configured to transition from a two wire communication operably coupling the circuitry to the controller by two wires into a one wire communication operably coupling the circuitry to the tip memory or the tip memory and the sensor by one wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.