ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,363, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Crown Equipment Corp. (New Bremen, Ohio).

"Alignment spacer assemblies for welding and methods for using same" was invented by Jordan Aloys Rammel (St. Henry, Ohio) and David Allen Letchworth (La Grange, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spacer assembly and method for using same to fix a first component to a second component are provided. The method includes positioning the first and second spacer segments between the first and second components, the first and second spacer segments each including an inner face, an opposite outer face, and an exterior surface extending along a longitudina...