ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,600, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Fronius International GmbH (Pettenbach, Austria).

"Method for limiting the welding power of a welding device" was invented by Christian Magerl (Wels-Thalheim, Austria), Franz Peter Musil (Wels-Thalheim, Austria), Peter Lattner (Wels-Thalheim, Austria) and Robert Eberl (Wels-Thalheim, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The aim of the invention is to enable a stable welding process. This is achieved in that a welding device is supplied with a supply power by an energy source and converts at least a part of the supply power into a welding power in order to generate a welding arc, wherein the...