US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Oct. 7 for "Methods and apparatus to synergically control a welding-type output during a welding-type operation" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,317, issued on Oct. 7, 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 Craig Steven Knoener (Appleton, Wis.) and Charles Ace Tyler (Neenah, 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 welding-type power and to output the welding-type power to a welding-type torch; a communication circuit configu...