ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,100, issued on April 15, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Welding system with arc control" was invented by Quinn W. Schartner (Kaukauna, Wis.), James T. Olejniczak (Appleton, Wis.), Richard M. Hutchison (Iola, Wis.), Erik D. Miller (Verona, Wis.), Shuang Liu (Appleton, Wis.) and Adam Anders (Oshkosh, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for controlling arc/short between a wire and a work piece is described. A current path parallel to the wire/work is provided. The voltage drop across the parallel path can be preset, to limit the wire/work voltage, or it can be controlled to a desired le...