ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,598, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HUYS INDUSTRIES Ltd. (Weston, Canada).
"Welding apparatus" was invented by Nigel Scotchmer (Willowdale, Canada), Franklin Rementer (Dover, Del.) and Kevin Chan (Hamilton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A welding electrode apparatus has a base member and a locking ring for clamping a consumable electrode tip to the electrode base. The base and the tip are predominantly made of copper, or a copper alloy. The base member has a first end that is threaded to fit a welding head that supplies electric current; and an electrically conductive second end to which the electrode tip is mounted. Th...