US Patent Issued to Linde on July 28 for "Plasma arc torch with focus hole alignment" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,370, issued on July 28, was assigned to Linde GmbH (Pullach, Germany).

"Plasma arc torch with focus hole alignment" was invented by Erwan Siewert (Pullach, Germany), Nakhleh A. Hussary (Pullach, Germany) and Richard Andreas Wagner (Pullach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A consumables holder assembly for a plasma arc torch having a torch head, the consumables holder assembly comprising a main body, a shielding cup which engages to the main body, a connection means which engages the main body to the torch head, wherein the consumable components including an electrode, a nozzle, a plasma gas distributor, a shielding gas distrib...