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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Steven B. Massey, Jr., Appleton, WI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 9/10 (2006.01); B23K 9/12 (2006.01); B23K 37/02 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 9/1006 (2013.01); B23K 9/125 (2013.01); B23K 37/0247 (2013.01); B23K 9/321 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling welding processes in real-time, or near real-time, as a function of a measured weld pool attribute. The welding-type system includes power conversion circuitry and control circuitry. The power conversion circuitry converts input power to welding-type power for use by a welding torch to form a weld pool. The control circuitry control one or more parameters of the welding-type system during a welding operation based on one or more attributes of the weld pool determined using a sensor configured to capture the one or more attributes of the weld pool. The one or more attributes may include, for example, a width of the weld pool and/or a depth of depression in weld pool.


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Massey, Jr., Steven. (2026). Systems and methods to control welding processes using weld pool attributes (U.S. Patent No. 12728473). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12728473

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