ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,674, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Weld tracking systems" was invented by William Joshua Becker (Manitowoc, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are examples of weld tracking systems. In some examples, a weld tracking system include weld tracking sensors configured to allow the weld tracking system to track a position and/or orientation of a welding-type tool, and/or an arc generated by the welding-type tool. In some examples, the weld tracking system evaluates certain welding technique and/or welding operation parameters based on the tracked position(s) and/or orientatio...