Owner General Electric Company

Inventors Sieber, Kurt

Agent Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Pub. Number AU-A-2010202872

Priority 12/500,289 09.07.09 US

Filing date 7 July 2010

Wipo publication date 27 January 2011

G01B 3/38 (2006.01) Instruments as specified in the subgroups and characterised by the use of mechanical measuring means - Gauges with an open yoke and opposed faces, i.e. calipers, in which the internal distance between the faces is fixed, although it may be preadjustable

B23K 9/095 (2006.01) Electric welding or cutting - Monitoring or automatic control of welding parameters

B23K 31/00 (2006.01) Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups

G01B 3/20 (2006.01) Instruments as specified in the subgroups and characterised by the use of mechanical measuring means - Slide gauges

G01B 5/02 (2006.01) Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical means - for measuring length, width, or thickness

G01B 21/00 (2006.01) Measuring arrangements or details thereof in so far as they are not adapted to particular types of measuring means of the other groups of this subclass