US Patent Issued to Thermacut, k.s. on July 28 for "Assembly for a plasma arc torch and method of operation of the assembly for a plasma arc torch" (Czech Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,371, issued on July 28, was assigned to Thermacut, k.s. (Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic).

"Assembly for a plasma arc torch and method of operation of the assembly for a plasma arc torch" was invented by Zdenek Lapcik (Modra, Czech Republic) and Tomas Kusak (Polesovice, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assembly for a plasma arc torch comprising: -an electrical contact element (6), having a proximal contact surface (25) for contact with a power supply component (8) and a cavity with inner side walls for contact with side walls of a proximal end portion (14) of an electrode (3), and -a spring (4) for pushing the electrode...