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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Esab Ab, Gothenburg, SE;

Inventors:

Per Aberg, Laxa, SE;

Johan Toftling, Forsvik, SE;

Mikael Pettersson, Gothenburg, SE;

Jakob Lennartsson, Gothenburg, SE;

Assignee:

ESAB AB, Gothenburg, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 10/00 (2006.01); B23K 9/067 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 9/067 (2013.01); B23K 9/095 (2013.01); B23K 10/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments may be generally directed to a welding system that monitors an output of the welding system to determine if an output arc should be extinguished or maintained. The welding system can compare an arc voltage output to a voltage threshold and a temporal threshold. When the arc voltage output exceeds the voltage threshold in an uninterrupted manner for the duration of the temporal threshold, an output weld current can be stopped. In turn, the output arc can be broken or extinguished. After a predetermined amount of time, the power source can be re-engaged to prepare for re-ignition of another arc. By tracking the amount of time the arc voltage output exceeds the predetermined threshold, a probability of unwanted arc outs can be reduced or minimized while still providing quick and reliable arc breaking when desired.


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