Patent ID: 11897057
Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A tip portion for a soldering tool, the tip portion comprising:
a handpiece that is configured to be graspable by an operator;
a tip comprising a heater and a sensor;
a plug pin disposed on an opposite side of the handpiece relative to the tip, the plug pin configured to electrically connect the tip portion to a soldering tool; and
a tip memory device configured to store parametric data and communicate the parametric data to control a temperature of the tip;
wherein a connection wire of the tip portion, as a single wire interface, connects the sensor to the plug pin, with the tip memory device also being connected to the connection wire;
wherein the heater is connected to the plug pin to power the heater.