Error proofing system for portable tools
USRE41185E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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| Filing date | Aug 9, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A system for controlling and monitoring portable tools at a particular work cell remotely by R-F communication to provide error proofing of various parameters including that the correct tool is to be used at a work cell, the tool is properly calibrated for the operation to be performed, that it is being used a proper number of times per part being assembled or inspected, and that the tool has been calibrated within a selected service interval. The tools will be made actuable only by R-F communication with specific factory apparatus whereby theft of such portable tools will be inhibited.
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