ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,256, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Air flow methods and systems for a welder-generator" was invented by Nathan Joe Jochman (Appleton, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Configurations of internal components of a welder-generator are provided to improve efficiency of the cooling of the internal components. Configurations are provided in which a single fan, such as an engine fan, drives a single airflow path through the welder-generator. Configurations are provided in which a primary engine fan drives a first airflow path and a secondary generator fan drives a second airflow path throug...