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

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a weld head configured to apply a welding current to weld an object to a fastener;
a rotary lever biased toward said fastener to directly engage said fastener;
a position sensor configured to measure a position of said rotary lever;
an object sensor configured to detect a presence of said object, wherein said detection of said object and said measurement of said position of said rotary lever occur simultaneously; and
a circuit configured to (i) generate a status of said fastener based on said position of said rotary lever and (ii) determine to apply said welding current to weld said fastener to said object based on said status of said fastener and said presence of said object, wherein said status indicates that said fastener is selectively one of a properly oriented fastener, an improperly oriented fastener, and a wrong fastener.