Patent ID: 9302340
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B23K,G08C

Claim Text:
1. A receiver operable to be utilized with a welding system including an electrical control interface, the receiver comprising: an antenna operable to wirelessly receive a pedal position signal generated by a remote foot pedal, wherein the pedal position signal transmitted by a transmitter includes an indication of a status of a limit switch that is operable to be switched when a housing of the remote foot pedal is at least partially pivoted; a processor coupled with the antenna and operable to process the received pedal position signal to define a control signal to vary the output current of the welding system; and a connector coupled with the processor and operable to connect with the electrical control interface associated with the welding system to provide the control signal thereto; the processor being operable to provide the processed pedal position signal in a form selected from the group consisting of a variable voltage signal, a variable current signal, a variable resistance signal, a pulse-width modulation signal, an unencoded digital signal, and an encoded digital signal.