US 12,064,835 B2
Operating panel for a welding device
Peter Lattner, Pettenbach (AT); Günther Neubacher, Pettenbach (AT); Bernhard Eckl, Pettenbach (AT); Manuel Strasser, Pettenbach (AT); and Axel Hörzing, Pettenbach (AT)
Assigned to Fronius International GmbH, Pettenbach (AT)
Appl. No. 17/439,685
Filed by Fronius International GmbH, Pettenbach (AT)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/000071
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/187442, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19163549 (EP), filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161347 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 9/10 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01); G05G 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01)
CPC B23K 9/1006 (2013.01) [B23K 9/095 (2013.01); B23K 9/32 (2013.01); G05G 1/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operating panel for a welding device comprising:
a welding parameter display unit for displaying welding parameters, and
at least one operating element which can be actuated manually by a user,
characterized in that;
the at least one operating element is operable to switch the operating panel between a welding parameter selection mode and a welding parameter editing mode;
in the welding parameter selection mode one of the welding parameters of the welding parameter display unit can be selected by rotating the operating element;
in the welding parameter editing mode a parameter value of a selected welding parameter of the welding parameter display unit can be set by rotating the operating element;
the operating panel is configured and operable to switch to a welding parameter display mode after a welding process is started by the welding device;
the welding parameters in a partitioned function curve of the welding parameter display unit of the operating panel are sequentially displayed after the welding process has started in the welding parameter display mode in different successive phases of the welding process corresponding to the parameter value set in the welding parameter editing mode and are physically set for performing the welding process by a welding current source of the welding device;
a welding parameter is displayed in each case by an associated display segment of a partitioned function curve of the welding parameter display unit;
in the welding parameter editing mode, the display segment of the selected welding parameter within the partitioned function curve of the welding parameter display unit is illuminated by the associated lighting means with full undimmed illuminating power whilst the display segments of the remaining unselected welding parameters within the partitioned function curve of the welding parameter display unit are not illuminated by the associated lighting means; and
in the welding parameter selection mode, the display segment of the selected welding parameter within the partitioned function curve of the welding parameter display unit is illuminated by the associated lighting means with full undimmed illuminating power whilst the display segments of the remaining unselected welding parameters within the partitioned function curve of the welding parameter display unit are illuminated by the associated lighting means with dimmed illuminating power.