US 11,817,006 B2
Weld modules for weld training systems
William Joshua Becker, Manitowoc, WI (US); Pedro Gerardo Marquínez Torrecilla, Annapolis, MD (US); Jesús Calvo Pérez, Huelva (ES); David Barroso de la Rosa, Huelva (ES); Victor López Márquez, Huelva (ES); and Jose Miguel Escobar Garrido, Huelva (ES)
Assigned to ILINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. ASSIGNEE, Glenview, IL (US); and SEABERY NORTH AMERICA INC., Annapolis, MD (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US); and SEABERY NORTH AMERICA INC., Annapolis, MD (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/793,768.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/807,664, filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0265751 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. G09B 19/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09B 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 19/24 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G09B 25/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mock welding tool, comprising:
a handle having a trigger and an end portion, the end portion comprising a connection feature;
a communication module housing comprising a complementary connection feature that engages with the connection feature of the end portion of the handle to removeably couple the communication module housing to the end portion of the handle; and
wireless communication circuitry enclosed within the communication module housing, the wireless communication circuitry configured to wirelessly send one or more signals to a computing system in response to activation of the trigger.