US Patent Issued to Kobe Steel on Nov. 4 for "Output control method for gas-shielded arc welding, welding system, welding power source, and welding control device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,048, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Kobe Steel Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).

"Output control method for gas-shielded arc welding, welding system, welding power source, and welding control device" was invented by Baini Jo (Fujisawa, Japan), Shogo Nakatsukasa (Fujisawa, Japan), Takeshi Yano (Fujisawa, Japan), Akira Ogawa (Fujisawa, Japan) and Eiji Sato (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gas-shielded arc welding in which the tip-to-work distance changes is configured so that fluctuations in welding current are curbed while arc length control is maintained. This is achieved with a corrected current calculating unit that includes a f...