US Patent Issued to LINCOLN GLOBAL on Oct. 27 for "Plasma hand torch with cap-in-place limit switch" (Texas, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,570, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to LINCOLN GLOBAL INC. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).

"Plasma hand torch with cap-in-place limit switch" was invented by Wayne S. Severance (Darlington, S.C.) and Praveen K. Namburu (Little Elm, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasma torch includes a torch housing, and an anode body at least partially located within the torch housing. A cathode body extends axially within the anode body. An electrode is electrically connected to the cathode body at a distal portion of the cathode body. An electrical power terminal is attached to the cathode body at a proximal portion of the cathode body within...