US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on March 25 for "Induction heating systems having close proximity communication devices" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,457, issued on March 25, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc..

"Induction heating systems having close proximity communication devices" was invented by Scott Liebert (Freedom, Wis.) and Anthony Salsich (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and/or methods for providing an induction heating system are disclosed. The induction heating system includes an induction power supply and an induction heating tool configured to receive induction-type power from the induction power supply through one or more ports. The ports may be part of the induction power supply and/or an associated junction box. The induct...