ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,630, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to OMG Building Products LLC (Agawam, Mass.).
"Temperature sensing induction heating tool" was invented by Antonios Challita (Bellbrook, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction heating tool that holds voltage or current supplied to the induction tank circuit constant and tracks changes in the other of voltage or current during each induction heating cycle. The disclosed induction heating tool exploits the fact that the resistance an attachment plate increases along with the temperature of the attachment plate. During an induction heating cycle, the attachment plate is magnetically coupled...