US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on July 8 for "Methods and apparatus for hybrid-diesel engine block heater" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,764, issued on July 8, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc..

"Methods and apparatus for hybrid-diesel engine block heater" was invented by Jake Zwayer (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are provided for a welding-type power system that includes an engine configured to drive an electric generator to provide a first power output. An energy storage device to provide a second power output. A controller is configured to receive one or more control signals to provide a total power output to at least one of a welding-type output or an auxiliary type output, determine proportional values for the first pow...