US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Oct. 6 for "Single phase input detection and power source protection" (Wisconsin, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,361, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Single phase input detection and power source protection" was invented by Adam E. Anders (Oshkosh, Wis.), Randy Decoster (Appleton, Wis.), Andrew D. Nelson (Appleton, Wis.) and Bernard J. Vogel (Troy, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A welding-type power supply that receives alternating current (AC) input power and converts the AC input power to direct current (DC) power to provide power for welding tools. The welding-type power supply is configured to detect whether single phase AC power or three-phase AC power is connected to the input of welding-t...