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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Thomas M. Hughes, Greer, SC (US);
Clyde R. Taylor, Laurens, SC (US);
Inventors:
Thomas M. Hughes, Greer, SC (US);
Clyde R. Taylor, Laurens, SC (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/14 (2006.01); B23K 26/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hand-held laser-welding wand includes a gas lens assembly that develops an inert gas atmosphere around a weld pool. The lens assembly additionally reflects laser light and thermal radiation that is reflected off a work piece surface away from the hand of a user of the hand-held laser welding wand.