Patents by Inventor Nicholas James Dessart
Nicholas James Dessart 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).
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Patent number: 11766734Abstract: Welding carts with tool-less securing systems are disclosed. In some examples, a welding cart may be configured to retain and/or transport a welding-type power supply. The cart and power supply may have bracket holes configured to receive bracket ends of a securing bracket. The bracket ends may be received by the bracket holes when a shaft retaining the securing bracket is engaged with a rotational lock of the cart. An actuator connected to the shaft may be configured to rotate the shaft to engage the rotational lock. A resilient member may bias the bracket ends out of the bracket holes when the shaft is disengaged from the rotational lock. A captive fastener attached to the shaft may ensure that the shaft and bracket remain captive to the cart even when the shaft is disengaged from the rotational lock and/or the securing bracket is biased away from the cart.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Chancelor D. Wyatt
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Patent number: 11766735Abstract: A welding system includes power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to weld power and a first housing surface. The first housing surface includes a first mating geometry configured to mate with a first complementary geometry of a first modular surface of a first modular component of the welding system.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Ryan Lawrence Peterson, Nicholas Alexander Matiash, Michael Allen Sammons
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Publication number: 20230301041Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed relating to welding-type power supplies. In some examples, the power supplies may have no vents, which may help prevent environmental contaminants from entering the power supplies. Instead, the power supplies include one or more thermal interfaces configured to conduct heat generated by internal circuitry of the power supply from the interior of the power supply to an exterior of the power supply. Additionally, the thermal interface(s) may be configured for attachment to one or more exterior heat dissipating devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Alan Adam Manthe, Nicholas James Dessart
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Patent number: 11729955Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed relating to welding-type power supplies. In some examples, the power supplies may have no vents, which may help prevent environmental contaminants from entering the power supplies. Instead, the power supplies include one or more thermal interfaces configured to conduct heat generated by internal circuitry of the power supply from the interior of the power supply to an exterior of the power supply. Additionally, the thermal interface(s) may be configured for attachment to one or more exterior heat dissipating devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Alan Adam Manthe, Nicholas James Dessart
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Publication number: 20230048019Abstract: A welding system includes power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to weld power and a first housing surface. The first housing surface includes a first mating geometry configured to mate with a first complementary geometry of a first modular surface of a first modular component of the welding system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Ryan Lawrence Peterson, Nicholas Alexander Matiash, Michael Allen Sammons
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Patent number: 11524357Abstract: A welding system includes power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to weld power and a first housing surface. The first housing surface includes a first mating geometry configured to mate with a first complementary geometry of a first modular surface of a first modular component of the welding system.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Ryan Lawrence Peterson, Nicholas Alexander Matiash, Michael Allen Sammons
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Publication number: 20220375365Abstract: Systems are disclosed relating to a mobile device mounted to a welding helmet such that a wearer of the welding helmet can see a display of the mobile device when wearing the welding helmet. In some examples, the mobile device is mounted such that a camera of the mobile device is unobscured and positioned at approximately eye level, facing the same way the wearer's eyes are facing. In some examples, the simulated training environment may be presented to the user via the display screen of the mobile device, using images captured by the camera of the mobile device, when the mobile device is so mounted to the welding helmet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: William Joshua Becker, Justin Monroe Blount, Jessica Marie Marhefke, Nicholas James Dessart, Mitchell James Muske, Pedro Gerardo Marquinez Torrecilla, Pavel Gunia, Victor López Márquez, David Barroso de la Rosa, Sergio Garrido Jurado, Jesús Calvo Pérez, Javier Castilla Gutiérrez
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Patent number: 11450233Abstract: Systems are disclosed relating to a mobile device mounted to a welding helmet such that a wearer of the welding helmet can see a display of the mobile device when wearing the welding helmet. In some examples, the mobile device is mounted such that a camera of the mobile device is unobscured and positioned at approximately eye level, facing the same way the wearer's eyes are facing. In some examples, the simulated training environment may be presented to the user via the display screen of the mobile device, using images captured by the camera of the mobile device, when the mobile device is so mounted to the welding helmet.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignees: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., SEABERY NORTH AMERICA INC.Inventors: William Joshua Becker, Justin Monroe Blount, Jessica Marie Marhefke, Nicholas James Dessart, Mitchell James Muske, Pedro Marquinez, Pavel Gunia, Victor López Márquez, David Barroso de la Rosa, Sergio Garrido Jurado, Jesús Calvo Pérez, Javier Castilla Gutiérrez
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Publication number: 20220134463Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for support of low-power operation in training modes in welding machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Chris J. Roehl, Gregg Prochnow, Alan Manthe, Maxwell Bode Brock, Jeremy John Erdmann, Nicholas James Dessart, Scott Ryan Rozmarynowski
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Publication number: 20220104385Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed relating to welding-type power supplies. In some examples, the power supplies may have no vents, which may help prevent environmental contaminants from entering the power supplies. Instead, the power supplies include one or more thermal interfaces configured to conduct heat generated by internal circuitry of the power supply from the interior of the power supply to an exterior of the power supply. Additionally, the thermal interface(s) may be configured for attachment to one or more exterior heat dissipating devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Alan Adam Manthe, Nicholas James Dessart
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Patent number: 11229146Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed relating to welding-type power supplies. In some examples, the power supplies may have no vents, which may help prevent environmental contaminants from entering the power supplies. Instead, the power supplies include one or more thermal interfaces configured to conduct heat generated by internal circuitry of the power supply from the interior of the power supply to an exterior of the power supply. Additionally, the thermal interface(s) may be configured for attachment to one or more exterior heat dissipating devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Alan Adam Manthe, Nicholas James Dessart
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Publication number: 20210337697Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed relating to welding-type power supplies. In some examples, the power supplies may have no vents, which may help prevent environmental contaminants from entering the power supplies. Instead, the power supplies include one or more thermal interfaces configured to conduct heat generated by internal circuitry of the power supply from the interior of the power supply to an exterior of the power supply. Additionally, the thermal interface(s) may be configured for attachment to one or more exterior heat dissipating devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Alan Adam Manthe, Nicholas James Dessart
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Publication number: 20210323102Abstract: A tool less method of connecting a welding-type power source with a cart is disclosed. In some examples, the cart may be configured to carry one or more gas bottles (and/or cylinders). In some examples, the power source housing and the cart may connect at interfacing ends and/or walls of the housing and cart. A connector, such as a clip for example, may span the interface to connect the power source housing and the cart. Catches (e.g. slots, holes, crevices, and/or protrusions) may be formed in and/or on the power supply housing and/or cart proximate to the interfacing ends and/or walls. In some examples, the catches may be aligned. In some examples, the cart and/or power source housing may include alignment surfaces to assist with alignment. The connector may engage the aligned catches to connect the welding-type power source and cart together at the interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Adam Richard Schmitz, Chris J. Roehl, Scott R. Rozmarynowski
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Publication number: 20210316384Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed relating to smart spool detection for welding-type systems. In some examples, the smart spool detection system uses one or more first sensors and/or second sensors to detect and/or determine a first parameter of the spool (e.g. size). One or more second sensors are used to detect and/or determine a second parameter of the spool. In some examples, the second parameter may be a weight of the spool, a distance to the filler material (e.g., wire) retained on the spool, and/or an angle of a guide arm lever supported by filler material retained on the spool. The smart spool detection system determines a remaining amount of consumable filler material remaining on the spool using the first and second parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Alan Adam Manthe
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Publication number: 20210283724Abstract: Systems and apparatus are disclosed relating to smart regulators and smart manifolds for welding-type systems. A smart regulator may be coupled to a fluid tank and provide information regarding the current pressure(s) and/or flow rate to a remote device and/or operator. The remote device may also determine and/or output additional information, such as, for example, remaining fluid and/or remaining time before the fluid runs out or becomes dangerously low. A smart manifold may be configured to work with several different fluid supplies. In this way, an operator may easily mix fluid types, switch between different fluid types, and/or switch between different fluid tanks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Alan Adam Manthe
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Publication number: 20210283708Abstract: Systems and apparatus are disclosed relating to smart regulators and smart manifolds for welding-type systems. A smart regulator may be coupled to a fluid tank and provide information regarding the current pressure(s) and/or flow rate to a remote device and/or operator. The remote device may also determine and/or output additional information, such as, for example, remaining fluid and/or remaining time before the fluid runs out or becomes dangerously low. A smart manifold may be configured to work with several different fluid supplies. In this way, an operator may easily mix fluid types, switch between different fluid types, and/or switch between different fluid tanks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Alan Adam Manthe
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Patent number: 11084130Abstract: A tool less method of connecting a welding-type power source with a cart is disclosed. In some examples, the cart may be configured to carry one or more gas bottles (and/or cylinders). In some examples, the power source housing and the cart may connect at interfacing ends and/or walls of the housing and cart. A connector, such as a clip for example, may span the interface to connect the power source housing and the cart. Catches (e.g. slots, holes, crevices, and/or protrusions) may be formed in and/or on the power supply housing and/or cart proximate to the interfacing ends and/or walls. In some examples, the catches may be aligned. In some examples, the cart and/or power source housing may include alignment surfaces to assist with alignment. The connector may engage the aligned catches to connect the welding-type power source and cart together at the interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Adam Richard Schmitz, Chris J. Roehl, Scott R. Rozmarynowski
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Patent number: 11052810Abstract: A cart is disclosed for carrying a gas bottle. The cart includes a wheeled frame and a bottle support platform. The support platform is configured to pivot between a loading position in which a gas bottle may be loaded and/or unloaded from the bottle support platform and a cradle position in which the gas bottle and the bottle support platform are elevated. A bottle rest may support the bottle when the bottle support platform is in the cradle position. A bottle support spine may also, or alternatively, support the bottle during transportation and act as a lever for pivoting the bottle support platform between the loading position and the cradle position.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: David Paul Marcusen, Nicholas James Dessart, Daniel James Helein
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Publication number: 20210114133Abstract: Welding carts with tool-less securing systems are disclosed. In some examples, a welding cart may be configured to retain and/or transport a welding-type power supply. The cart and power supply may have bracket holes configured to receive bracket ends of a securing bracket. The bracket ends may be received by the bracket holes when a shaft retaining the securing bracket is engaged with a rotational lock of the cart. An actuator connected to the shaft may be configured to rotate the shaft to engage the rotational lock. A resilient member may bias the bracket ends out of the bracket holes when the shaft is disengaged from the rotational lock. A captive fastener attached to the shaft may ensure that the shaft and bracket remain captive to the cart even when the shaft is disengaged from the rotational lock and/or the securing bracket is biased away from the cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Chancelor D. Wyatt
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Patent number: D980297Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Nicholas James Dessart, Todd Richard Henry, Thomas Don Lahti, Brian James Bornemann