Patents by Inventor Randy Alan DeCoster
Randy Alan DeCoster 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: 11343211Abstract: A method for handling a data packet includes a network device receiving the data packet. The method also includes the network device separating first network layer data of the data packet from message data of the data packet. The message data of the data packet includes a source address represented by less than four bytes, a destination address represented by less than four bytes, and a format identifier. The method includes determining whether the destination address of the message data matches an address of the network device or whether the message data indicates a broadcast message. The method also includes the network device processing the format identifier if the destination address of the message data matches the address of the network device or if the message data indicates the broadcast message. The method includes the network device providing the message data to the network device and/or other network devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Andrew D. Nelson, Peter Donald Mehn, Randy Alan DeCoster, James D. Borowski
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Patent number: 11278980Abstract: A welding system user interface module includes a front panel comprising a first input device and a first display screen. The welding system user interface module also includes circuitry comprising a memory storing machine-readable instructions, a processor for executing the machine-readable instructions, and communication circuitry configured to receive UI data from the first input device or a second input device of a remote welding system user interface module, and to broadcast synchronized data to the first display screen and a second display screen of the remote welding system user interface module.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Peter Donald Mehn, Andrew David Nelson, Randy Alan DeCoster
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Publication number: 20190199662Abstract: A method for handling a data packet includes a network device receiving the data packet. The method also includes the network device separating first network layer data of the data packet from message data of the data packet. The message data of the data packet includes a source address represented by less than four bytes, a destination address represented by less than four bytes, and a format identifier. The method includes determining whether the destination address of the message data matches an address of the network device or whether the message data indicates a broadcast message. The method also includes the network device processing the format identifier if the destination address of the message data matches the address of the network device or if the message data indicates the broadcast message. The method includes the network device providing the message data to the network device and/or other network devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Andrew D. Nelson, Peter Donald Mehn, Randy Alan DeCoster, James D. Borowski
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Patent number: 10270719Abstract: A method for handling a data packet includes a network device receiving the data packet. The method also includes the network device separating first network layer data of the data packet from message data of the data packet. The message data of the data packet includes a source address represented by less than four bytes, a destination address represented by less than four bytes, and a format identifier. The method includes determining whether the destination address of the message data matches an address of the network device or whether the message data indicates a broadcast message. The method also includes the network device processing the format identifier if the destination address of the message data matches the address of the network device or if the message data indicates the broadcast message. The method includes the network device providing the message data to a second network device and/or other network devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Andrew D. Nelson, Peter Donald Mehn, Randy Alan DeCoster, James D. Borowski
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Publication number: 20190070688Abstract: A welding system user interface module includes a front panel comprising a first input device and a first display screen. The welding system user interface module also includes circuitry comprising a memory storing machine-readable instructions, a processor for executing the machine-readable instructions, and communication circuitry configured to receive UI data from the first input device or a second input device of a remote welding system user interface module, and to broadcast synchronized data to the first display screen and a second display screen of the remote welding system user interface module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Peter Donald Mehn, Andrew David Nelson, Randy Alan DeCoster
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Patent number: 10118241Abstract: A welding system user interface module includes a front panel comprising a first input device and a first display screen. The welding system user interface module also includes circuitry comprising a memory storing machine-readable instructions, a processor for executing the machine-readable instructions, and communication circuitry configured to receive UI data from the first input device or a second input device of a remote welding system user interface module, and to broadcast synchronized data to the first display screen and a second display screen of the remote welding system user interface module.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Peter Donald Mehn, Andrew David Nelson, Randy Alan DeCoster
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Publication number: 20150074190Abstract: A method for handling a data packet includes a network device receiving the data packet. The method also includes the network device separating first network layer data of the data packet from message data of the data packet. The message data of the data packet includes a source address represented by less than four bytes, a destination address represented by less than four bytes, and a format identifier. The method includes determining whether the destination address of the message data matches an address of the network device or whether the message data indicates a broadcast message. The method also includes the network device processing the format identifier if the destination address of the message data matches the address of the network device or if the message data indicates the broadcast message. The method includes the network device providing the message data to the network device and/or other network devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Andrew D. Nelson, Peter Donald Mehn, Randy Alan DeCoster, James D. Borowski
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Publication number: 20140069899Abstract: A welding system user interface module includes a front panel comprising a first input device and a first display screen. The welding system user interface module also includes circuitry comprising a memory storing machine-readable instructions, a processor for executing the machine-readable instructions, and communication circuitry configured to receive UI data from the first input device or a second input device of a remote welding system user interface module, and to broadcast synchronized data to the first display screen and a second display screen of the remote welding system user interface module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Peter Donald Mehn, Andrew David Nelson, Randy Alan DeCoster