US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on April 21 for "Systems and methods to configure a robotic welding system" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,786, issued on April 21, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Systems and methods to configure a robotic welding system" was invented by Joseph C. Schneider (Greenville, Wis.) and Steven B. Massey Jr. (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example welding-type power supply includes: power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to welding-type output power; auxiliary power output circuitry configured to output auxiliary power via an auxiliary power connection; communications circuitry configured to communicate via the auxiliary power connection; and processor(s) configured to: detect,...