US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Oct. 28 for "Energy conservation system, method, and apparatus for use with welding equipment" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,021, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Energy conservation system, method, and apparatus for use with welding equipment" was invented by Mark Ulrich (New London, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A welding system comprising a user manipulatable device, a proximity sensor positioned on said user manipulatable device, an engine capable of operation in an energy conservation mode and an operating mode, and a generator operatively coupled to the engine. The generator may provide at least one of (1) a welding current output or (2) an auxiliary power output. The engine may operate (1) in the o...