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US 12,251,802 B2Granted
Variable force press tool system
AssigneeRidge Tool Company
InventorsQi Zhou, Egbert Frenken, Brendon Goede, Harald Krondorfer
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Abstract
Pressing tools and jaws are described which include communication provisions that enable information concerning the jaws to be used with the press tool, to be transmitted to the tool. The press tool includes provisions that limit or otherwise tailor the output of the tool based on information concerning the jaws.
Claims31
A method of managing a system of at least one power tool and at least one tool accessory, the method comprising:
- providing a controller disposed within the at least one power tool to:
- count use cycles of the at least one power tool to provide a first cumulative total;
- identify the at least one tool accessory attached to the at least one power tool;
- count use cycles of the at least one tool accessory to provide a second cumulative total, wherein the use cycles of the at least one tool accessory are counted based on the identification of the at least one tool accessory;
- compare the first cumulative total to a tool use warning value;
- compare the second cumulative total to a tool accessory warning value;
- and
- generate a warning signal when at least one of the first cumulative total is greater than the tool use warning value, and the second cumulative total is greater than the tool accessory warning value.
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A system including a power tool and at least one tool accessory, the system comprising:
- a memory disposed in the power tool;
- a controller disposed in the power tool for controlling operation of the power tool, the controller configured to:
- count use cycles of the power tool to provide a first cumulative total;
- identify the at least one tool accessory attached to the power tool;
- count use cycles of the at least one tool accessory to provide a second cumulative total, wherein the use cycles of the at least one tool accessory are counted based on the identification of the at least one tool accessory;
- compare the first cumulative total with a power tool use warning threshold;
- compare the second cumulative total with a tool accessory use warning threshold;
- and
- generate a warning signal when one of the first cumulative total exceeds the power tool use warning threshold and the second cumulative total exceeds the power tool accessory use warning threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.