ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,653, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Welding device" was invented by Nathan W. Johnson (Kaukauna, Wis.) and Brian L. Ott (Sherwood, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Welding power supplies, wire feeders, and systems to measure a weld circuit resistance via communications over the weld circuit are disclosed. An example welding-type power supply includes: a power converter configured to: convert input power to output a current pulse via a weld circuit; and convert the input power to output welding-type power via the weld circuit; a voltage monitor configured to measure a power supply out...