ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,767, issued on July 8, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Welding power supply with half bridge" was invented by Andrew J. Henry (Appleton, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power is disclosed. It includes an input circuit, a dc bus, an output circuit, and a control module. The input circuit receives power and provides an intermediate signal to the bus. The output circuit receives the dc bus and provides an ac welding-type output. The output circuit includes a half-bridge output inverter with at least first and second switches. The output inverter further inc...