ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,052, issued on July 22, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Smart manifolds for welding-type systems" was invented by Nicholas James Dessart (Neenah, Wis.) and Alan Adam Manthe (New London, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and apparatus are disclosed relating to smart regulators and smart manifolds for welding-type systems. A smart regulator may be coupled to a fluid tank and provide information regarding the current pressure(s) and/or flow rate to a remote device and/or operator. The remote device may also determine and/or output additional information, such as, for example, remaining fluid and/or ...