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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. 21, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2020
Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventor:

Andrew Henry, Appleton, WI (US);

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/073 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/073 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example arc starting/stabilizing circuit includes: a pulse generator configured to generate voltage pulses having a first voltage; and a plurality of transformers configured to receive the voltage pulses and output the voltage pulses to a welding-type output circuit at a second voltage higher than the first voltage, wherein: each of the plurality of transformers comprises one primary winding turn, one secondary winding turn, and a core configured to magnetically couple the primary winding turn and the secondary winding turn; the primary winding turns of the plurality of transformers are coupled to the pulse generator to receive the voltage pulses; and the secondary winding turns of the plurality of transformers are coupled in series and are configured to conduct welding-type current in the welding-type output circuit.


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