US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on April 22 for "Integrated compressed air cooling for welding systems" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,450, issued on April 22, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Integrated compressed air cooling for welding systems" was invented by Adam E. Anders (Oshkosh, Wis.), Daniel J. Mortensen (Greenville, Wis.) and Caleb M. Rosera (Menasha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for integrated compressed air cooling for welding systems. In particular, the disclosed systems and methods may employ compressed air to implement one or more welding processes (e.g., a gouging or cutting processes), with the compressed air being conveyed through such welding systems. In some examples, the compres...