US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Aug. 5 for "Methods and apparatus to switch a weld power output" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,488, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Methods and apparatus to switch a weld power output" was invented by Joseph Robert Ryan (Greenville, Wis.), James Andrew Byrne (Appleton, Wis.), Richard Mark Achtner (Buchanan, Wis.) and Anthony Van Bergen Salsich (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus to communicate via a weld cable are disclosed. An example welding accessory includes a first port to receive input power via a first weld cable, a power converter to convert the input power to output power, a second port to output the input power via a second weld cable, and ...