Patents by Inventor Bruce Alan Casner

Bruce Alan Casner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150088285
    Abstract: A welding power source including an embedded web server provides access to an operator at a remote web browser. From the remote web browser, the user is provided access to weld functions, and can selectively choose between weld functions that can be displayed and controlled from the remote web browser. The weld functions that can be accessed include control functions, which allow an operator to activate welding functions such as a jog or purge function; a command function, which allows an operator to provide a command level for a voltage, wire feed speed, or other parameter; and a display function, which provides access for an operator to display welding command and actual feedback values. The operator can also selectively view diagnostic data, including weld state data, error data, and operational voltage and current levels within the power source, such as motor voltage and input voltage levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Casner, Daniel Thomas Duckert Casner
  • Patent number: 8847115
    Abstract: A welding power source including an embedded web server provides access to an operator at a remote web browser. From the remote web browser, the user is provided access to weld functions, and can selectively choose between weld functions that can be displayed and controlled from the remote web browser. The weld functions that can be accessed include control functions, which allow an operator to activate welding functions such as a jog or purge function; a command function, which allows an operator to provide a command level for a voltage, wire feed speed, or other parameter; and a display function, which provides access for an operator to display welding command and actual feedback values. The operator can also selectively view diagnostic data, including weld state data, error data, and operational voltage and current levels within the power source, such as motor voltage and input voltage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Casner, Daniel Thomas Duckert Casner
  • Publication number: 20120095941
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power is disclosed and includes a cost calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Grant A. Dolson, Anthony J. Kowaleski, Robert R. Davidson, Bruce Alan Casner, Knut Norman Froland, L. Thomas Hayes, Richard John Schuh
  • Publication number: 20090313549
    Abstract: A welding power source including an embedded web server provides access to an operator at a remote web browser. From the remote web browser, the user is provided access to weld functions, and can selectively choose between weld functions that can be displayed and controlled from the remote web browser. The weld functions that can be accessed include control functions, which allow an operator to activate welding functions such as a jog or purge function; a command function, which allows an operator to provide a command level for a voltage, wire feed speed, or other parameter; and a display function, which provides access for an operator to display welding command and actual feedback values. The operator can also selectively view diagnostic data, including weld state data, error data, and operational voltage and current levels within the power source, such as motor voltage and input voltage levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Casner, Daniel Thomas Duckert Casner