US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Aug. 11 for "Method and apparatus for reconfigurable handles for a work equipment" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,415, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Method and apparatus for reconfigurable handles for a work equipment" was invented by Brian J. Bornemann (Appleton, Wis.) and Andrew Pfaller (Hilbert, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a configurable handle for a work equipment. The work equipment, which may be a welding power source, can comprise a body, and a power conversion circuitry within the body. The power conversion circuitry is configured to convert input power to welding-type power. The work equipment comprises one or more handles attached to the body for physical manipulation...