US Patent Issued to SKS WELDING SYSTEMS, SKS WELDING SYSTEMS on Sept. 8 for "Arc welding torch" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,474, issued on Sept. 8, 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 of an arc welding torch device with a consumable electrode. The electrode in the arc welding torch device being guided in an exchangeable wire core, a guide element surrounding the wire core and designed as an exchangeable wear part. To reduce the risk of kinking of a welding wire of an arc welding torch device melting in the welding process, a kink protection means protruding from...