ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,084, issued on July 21, was assigned to EVG Entwicklungs-u. Verwertungs-Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Raaba, Austria).

"Device for setting a specific operating position of an apparatus component and method therefor" was invented by Wolfgang Potocnik (Ilz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, use of the device and method for setting a specific operating position of an apparatus component, such as a wire feed of a welding installation. The apparatus component can be moved, in particular linearly displaced, to set the specific operating position and, after being moved into the specific operating position, can be fixed in place in sai...