ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,763, issued on July 8, was assigned to LINCOLN GLOBAL INC. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).
"Welding system device detection" was invented by Jonathon C. Kelm (Willoughby, Ohio), William D. Wilder (Cleveland) and James P. Zucker (Aurora, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A welding system includes a welding power supply, wire feeder, and welding circuit connecting the power supply to the wire feeder. The power supply and the wire feeder are configured for bidirectional communication over the welding circuit. The power supply includes a voltage sensor that measures a voltage level, and a current sensor that measures a current level, on the...