US Patent Issued to JFE STEEL on May 12 for "MIG welding method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,306, issued on May 12, was assigned to JFE STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).

"MIG welding method" was invented by Kyohei Konishi (Tokyo), Chikaumi Sawanishi (Tokyo), Hiroshi Matsuda (Tokyo) and Yoshiaki Murakami (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MIG welding method for carbon steels using an Ar shielding gas. The method includes short-circuiting a welding wire and a base material. The average short-circuiting frequency in welding is 20 Hz to 300 Hz and the maximum short-circuiting period is 1.5 s or less."

The patent was filed on Oct. 29, 2020, under Application No. 17/772,777.

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