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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);

Inventors:

Yu Zhang, Hanover, NH (US);

Zheng Duan, Hanover, NH (US);

Stephen T. Eickhoff, Hanover, NH (US);

Garrett K. Quillia, Enfield, NH (US);

Brett Hansen, Mapleton, UT (US);

Assignee:

Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/02 (2006.01); H05H 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/02 (2013.01); H05H 1/3423 (2021.05); H05H 1/3457 (2021.05); H05H 1/3468 (2021.05); H05H 1/3489 (2021.05);
Abstract

An adapter for a plasma arc torch comprising a torch body is provided. The adapter includes a body defining a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end and at least one protruding portion extending from the proximal end of the body. The at least one protruding portion is configured to be inserted into a cavity of the torch body to physically engage a switch inside of the cavity. The engagement of the switch is adapted to indicate installation of a consumable component in the plasma arc torch.


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