US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Sept. 9 for "Method and apparatus for providing welding type power" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,505, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Method and apparatus for providing welding type power" was invented by Andrew J. Henry (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power includes an input circuit, a power circuit, and a controller. The input circuit receives input power and provides intermediate power. The power circuit has a power control input with at least one switch that responds to the control input. The power circuit receives the intermediate power and provides welding type output power. The controller has a set point input ...