US Patent Issued to VIS on Sept. 30 for "Soldering tool with orientation safety control" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,595, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to VIS LLC (Travelers Rest, S.C.).

"Soldering tool with orientation safety control" was invented by Patrick Livingston (Travelers Rest, S.C.), Eric Inman (Travelers Rest, S.C.), Jason Huguet (Travelers Rest, S.C.) and Chris Danner (Travelers Rest, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soldering tool includes an orientation sensor to interrupt power in a non-upright condition and a touch sensor to override the orientation sensor to allow a user to employ the tool in non-upright positions."

The patent was filed on May 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/200,405.

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