US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Nov. 11 for "Welding asset tracking with heartbeat monitoring" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,994, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Welding asset tracking with heartbeat monitoring" was invented by James Francis Rappl (Neenah, Wis.) and Todd Holverson (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for welding asset tracking with heartbeat monitoring are disclosed. In some examples, a welding asset tracking system may comprise an asset tracking network of tags, hubs, and/or gateways retained by welding assets within a welding area. The welding asset tracking system may generate heartbeat signals that certain welding assets may require for normal operation, so ...