US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Jan. 13 for "Methods and apparatus to synergically control a welding-type output during a welding-type operation" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,809, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Methods and apparatus to synergically control a welding-type output during a welding-type operation" was invented by Joseph C. Schneider (Appleton, Wis.), Robert R. Davidson (New London, Wis.), Craig Steven Knoener (Appleton, Wis.), Charles Ace Tyler (Neenah, Wis.) and Thomas A. Bunker (DePere, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example welding-type power supply includes power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to welding-type power and to output the welding-type power to a welding-type torch; communications circuitry configure...