ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,047, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Fronius International GmbH (Pettenbach, Austria).

"Multiple pulse welding process" was invented by Rupert Frauenschuh (Pettenbach, Austria), Josef Artelsmair (Pettenbach, Austria), Dominik Sollinger (Pettenbach, Austria) and Michael Muss (Pettenbach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to synchronize the at least two pulse welding processes performed simultaneously by welding devices in a multiple pulse welding process, the welding devices are connected to one another by a communication link and synchronization information is transmitted via the communication link from a transmitting ...