US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on June 3 for "Methods and apparatus to synergically control a welding-type output during a welding-type operation" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,874, issued on June 3, 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: "Methods and apparatus to synergically control a welding-type output during a welding-type operation are disclosed. An example welding-type power supply includes a power conversion circuit configured to convert input power to we...