US Patent Issued to Hypertherm on Oct. 20 for "Systems and methods for separating consumables under pressure in a plasma arc torch" (New Hampshire, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,627, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Hypertherm Inc. (Hanover, N.H.).

"Systems and methods for separating consumables under pressure in a plasma arc torch" was invented by Harshawardhan Jogdand (Lebanon, N.H.), Girish Kamath (Lebanon, N.H.), Oliver Murphy (Hartland, Vt.), Raifer Allen (Perkinsville, Vt.) and Craig Michael Felch (Grantham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact start liquid-cooled plasma arc cutting torch is provided that includes a translatable liquid-cooled electrode, a nozzle, and a multi-piece cathode. The electrode comprises an electrode body defining a proximal end and a distal end along a longitudinal...