IP Library Granted Patent US 8,115,138
Granted Patent B2
US 8,115,138 · App. 11/143,208 · Granted Feb 14, 2012

Comprehensive identification and designation of welding procedures

Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,115,138
App. No.
11/143,208
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

System(s) and method(s) that facilitates comprehensive identification and designation of welding procedures. A configuration component facilitates configuring the welding system with respect to pre-defined procedures and/or parameters and facilitates naming of the configured welding system. A storage component that stores the configured welding system in a readily accessible memory location. A remote access component can facilitate remotely accessing the welding system, the configuration of the welding system alterable by way of the remote access component.

Claims (24)

1. A system, comprising:

a welder, comprising:

a storage component that stores a first welding procedure with a first manufacturer-defined default name and a second welding procedure with a second manufacturer-defined default name, wherein the first welding procedure and the second welding procedure comprise at least one parameter and at least one limit for the at least one parameter;

a user interface component that renders at least one of the first manufacturer-defined default name and the first welding procedure or the second manufacturer-defined default name and the second welding procedure; and

a modification component coupled to the user interface component that:

receives an input comprising a user-defined name to replace at least one of the first manufacturer-defined default name or the second manufacturer-defined default name; and

overrides at least one of the first manufacturer-defined default name or the second manufacturer-defined default name with the user-defined name; and

an interactive configuration tool, at a remote location external to the welder, that renders at least the first manufacturer-defined default name and the second manufacturer-defined default name, receives a selection of the first manufacturer-defined default name or the second manufacturer-defined default name, receives an input comprising the user-defined name, and sends the user-defined name to the modification component,

wherein the user interface component renders at least the user-defined name and at least one of the first welding procedure or the second welding procedure.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface component comprises an information gathering component that employs the interactive configuration tool to analyze a setup of the welding system and to determine information needed to configure the at least one of the first welding procedure or the second welding procedure.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the interactive configuration tool queries a user for the information needed to configure the at least one of the first welding procedure or the second welding procedure.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the interactive configuration tool defines the at least one limit for the at least one parameter.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one limit for the at least one parameter includes at least a high limit value and a low limit value.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the interactive configuration tool monitors a health of the welding system through system diagnostics.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the storage component controls access to the at least the first welding procedure or the second welding procedure.

8. The system of claim 1 , the modification component further comprises a remote access component that facilitates connection of the interactive configuration tool to the welding device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the interactive configuration tool is a personal computer.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the interactive configuration tool is a mobile computing device.

11. A system, comprising:

a storage component, associated with a welder, that stores a first welding procedure with a first manufacturer-defined default name and a second welding procedure with a second manufacturer-defined default name, wherein the first welding procedure and the second welding procedure comprise at least one parameter and at least one limit for the at least one parameter; and

an interactive configuration tool, remote to the welder, that renders at least the first manufacturer-defined default name and the second manufacturer-defined default name, receives a selection of the first manufacturer-defined default name or the second manufacturer-defined default name, receives an input comprising at least a user-defined name to replace the first manufacturer-defined name or the second manufacturer-defined name, configures the at least one parameter and the at least one limit for the at least one parameter of at least one of the first welding procedure or the second welding procedure and overrides at least one of the first manufacturer-defined default name or the second manufacturer-defined default name with the user-defined name.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the interactive configuration tool receives an input value for the at least one limit for the at least one parameter.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the interactive configuration tool receives input values for a maximum limit and a minimum limit for the at least one parameter.

14. The system of claim 11 , further comprising an interface component, associated with the welder, that displays the user-defined name, the at least one welding parameter and the at least one limit for the at least one welding parameter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2005
From: JACOVETTY, RONALD ROBERT; BRANT, DMITRY
To: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 016656/0823 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60662013 · Mar 15, 2005
Related Publication 20060207980A1 · Sep 21, 2006