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US 12,427,595 B2Granted
Soldering tool with orientation safety control
AssigneeVis, LLC
InventorsPatrick Livingston, Eric Inman, Jason Huguet, Chris Danner
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Abstract
A soldering tool includes an orientation sensor to interrupt power in a non-upright condition and a touch sensor to override the orientation sensor to allow a user to employ the tool in non-upright positions.
Claims20
A soldering tool, comprising:
- a heating element;
- a soldering tip in communication with the heating element;
- a power supply configured to power the heating element;
- a microcontroller in electrical communication with the power supply and the heating element;
- a vertical orientation sensor in electrical communication with the microcontroller, the vertical orientation sensor being configured to alert the microcontroller of a non-upright position to cause an interruption to the power supply to the heating element;
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- a grip sensor configured to override the vertical orientation sensor in the non-upright position when a user is gripping the grip sensor to maintain power to the heating element and heat to the soldering tip.
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A soldering tool, comprising:
- a housing;
- a heating element disposed in the housing;
- a soldering tip depending from the housing in communication with the heating element;
- a power supply removably disposed proximate the housing and configured to power the heating element;
- a microcontroller disposed in the housing, the microcontroller being in electrical communication with the power supply and the heating element;
- an orientation sensor disposed in the housing, the orientation sensor being in electrical communication with the microcontroller and being configured to alert the microcontroller of a non-upright position to cause an interruption to the power supply to the heating element;
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- a grip sensor disposed proximate the housing configured for a user to grip and override the orientation sensor in the non-upright position to maintain power to the heating element and heat to the soldering tip.
5 more elements
A soldering tool, comprising:
- a housing;
- a heating element disposed in the housing;
- a soldering tip depending from the housing in communication with the heating element;
- a power supply removably disposed proximate the housing and configured to power the heating element;
- a microcontroller disposed in the housing, the microcontroller being in electrical communication with the power supply and the heating element;
- an orientation sensor disposed in the housing, the orientation sensor being in electrical communication with the microcontroller and being configured to alert the microcontroller of a tilted position of the housing to cause an interruption to the power supply to the heating element;
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- a hold-to-run trigger disposed proximate the housing configured for a user to override the orientation sensor in the tilted position to maintain power to the heating element and heat to the soldering tip.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.