Patent ID: 11904403
Assignee: NBN INNOVATIONS, LLC
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A method for position sensing in a welding electrode, the method comprising:
biasing a rotary lever toward a fastener to directly engage said fastener, wherein a weld head is configured to apply a welding current to weld an object to said fastener;
measuring a position of said rotary lever with a position sensor;
detecting a presence of said object with an object sensor, wherein said detecting of said object and said measuring of said position of said rotary lever occur simultaneously;
generating in a circuit a status of said fastener based on said position of said rotary lever, wherein said status indicates that said fastener is selectively one of a properly oriented fastener, an improperly oriented fastener, and a wrong fastener; and
determining with said circuit to apply said welding current to weld said fastener to said object based on the status of said fastener and said presence of said object.