US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Nov. 25 for "Methods and apparatus to provide visual information associated with welding operations" (Wisconsin, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,374, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Methods and apparatus to provide visual information associated with welding operations" was invented by Christopher Hsu (Appleton, Wis.) and Scott Nicholas Schmidt (Tipp City, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus to provide visual information associated with welding operations are disclosed. An weld training system includes a display, a camera, a communications device, and a welding helmet. The communications device communicates with welding equipment. The welding helmet has a view port. The communications device is configured to ...