ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,915, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Fronius Intellectual GmbH (Pettenbach, Austria).

"Arc welding method comprising a consumable welding wire" was invented by Dominik Soellinger (Pettenbach, Austria), Josef Artelsmair (Pettenbach, Austria) and Manuel Mayer (Pettenbach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an arc welding method using a consumable welding wire (1), wherein in successive welding cycles (SZ) during a welding process (Pi) a certain welding current (I(t)) is applied to the welding wire (1) and the welding wire is moved with a certain wire conveying speed (v(t)) towards a workpiece (2) to be p...