ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,415, issued on May 13, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Methods and systems for support of low-power operation in training modes in welding machines" was invented by Chris J. Roehl (Appleton, Wis.), Gregg Prochnow (Hortonville, Wis.), Alan Manthe (New London, Wis.), Maxwell Bode Brock (Appleton, Wis.), Jeremy John Erdmann (Appleton, Wis.), Nicholas James Dessart (Neenah, Wis.) and Scott Ryan Rozmarynowski (Greenville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for support of low-power operation in training modes in welding machines."

The patent was filed on Oct. 26, 2021, under Ap...