ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,260, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to THE ESAB GROUP INC. (North Bethesda, Md.).
"IGBT temperature dampening systems and methods" was invented by Erik Anthony Leger (Newmarket, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling the junction temperature of one or more IGBTs that are configured to deliver current to an electrode of a torch. The IGBTs are cooled by a fluid that flows through a heat exchanger where the fluid is cooled. According to one aspect, when the IGBTs are turned off to cease the delivery of current to the electrode, or at a time interval before the IGBTs are turned off, at least a portion of...