US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on April 1 for "Welding-type power supplies with adjustable AC current commutation thresholds" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,545, issued on April 1, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Welding-type power supplies with adjustable AC current commutation thresholds" was invented by Mark S. Kadlec (Shiocton, Wis.) and Andrew Joseph Henry (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Welding-type power supplies with adjustable AC current commutation thresholds are disclosed. An example welding-type power supply includes an interface device to receive a commutation selection input, a power converter to convert input power to welding-type power, a commutator circuit to output alternating current (AC) welding-type power and to control a po...