Soldering Device with Cartridge Type Battery Pac

• US 20090014427A1
• Filed: 09/10/2008
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsuhiko Miyazaki, Tadashi Kato, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Yoshitomo Teraoka
• Original Assignee: Mitsuhiko Miyazaki, Tadashi Kato, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Yoshitomo Teraoka
• Inventors: Teraoka, Yoshitomo, Yamanaka, Tsuyoshi, Kato, Tadashi, Miyazaki, Mitsuhiko
• Application Number:
  US12/208,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20090014427A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 219/229
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 3/0323 Battery-powered soldering irons
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 3/0346 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 3/0369 Couplings between the heating element housing and the bit or tip

Abstract

A method of configuring a soldering device includes the steps of purchasing (or offering for sale) a soldering device package including a handle, a power cartridge containing an AA battery, a power cartridge containing a lithium ion battery, and a power cartridge containing a nickel-hydride battery; selecting (or instructing a user to select) one of the three power cartridges from the purchased soldering device package for use with the handle to form a soldering device; and inserting the selected power cartridge in the handle to form a soldering device. The selecting step includes selecting one of the three power cartridges based on a specific use of the soldering device and based on soldering performance requirements of the specific use and based on operating times and relative costs of the power cartridges.

Claims

1. A method of configuring a soldering device, the method comprising:

purchasing a soldering device package including a handle, a power cartridge containing an AA battery, a power cartridge containing a lithium ion battery, and a power cartridge containing a nickel-hydride battery;

selecting one of the three power cartridges from the purchased soldering device package for use with the handle to form a soldering device, wherein the selecting step includes selecting one of the three power cartridges based on a specific use of the soldering device and based on soldering performance requirements of the specific use and based on operating times and relative costs of the power cartridges; and

inserting the selected power cartridge in the handle to form a soldering device.

2. The method of claim 31, wherein each power cartridge includes a circuit board for controlling electrical power delivered from the power cartridge to a soldering tip of the soldering device.

3. The method of claim 32, wherein the circuit board cycles the electrical power delivered from the power cartridge to the soldering tip depending upon a required input power of said cartridge soldering tip.

4. A method of configuring a soldering device, the method comprising:

offering for sale a soldering device package including a handle, a power cartridge containing an AA battery, a power cartridge containing a lithium ion battery, and a power cartridge containing a nickel-hydride battery;

instructing a user to select one of the three power cartridges from the purchased soldering device package for use with the handle to form a soldering device, wherein the selecting step includes selecting one of the three power cartridges based on a specific use of the soldering device and based on soldering performance requirements of the specific use and based on operating times and relative costs of the power cartridges; and

instructing the user to insert the selected power cartridge in the handle to form a soldering device.

5. The method of claim 34, wherein each power cartridge includes a circuit board for controlling electrical power delivered from the power cartridge to a soldering tip of the soldering device.

6. The method of claim 35, wherein the circuit board cycles the electrical power delivered from the power cartridge to the soldering tip depending upon a required input power of said cartridge soldering tip.