ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,964, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SKS WELDING SYSTEMS GMBH (Kaiserslautem, Germany) and SKS WELDING SYSTEMS INC. (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
"Arc welding torch" was invented by Thomas Klein (Rodenbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the case an arc welding torch device, having a consumable electrode. The electrode in the arc welding torch device is guided in an exchangeable wire core, the wire core being arranged at least in the region of the rear end of the arc welding torch device in a guide element surrounding the wire core and designed as an exchangeable wear part, and the guide element of the wire core being provi...