ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,988, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hypertherm Inc. (Hanover, N.H.).
"Liquid jet cutting head sensor systems and methods" was invented by Cedar Vandergon (New Brighton, Minn.) and William Schultz (Shoreview, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operational monitoring system for use with a liquid jet cutting system can include an accelerometer coupled to a cutting head of the liquid jet cutting system. The accelerometer can be configured to generate motion data associated with movement of the cutting head. The system can include a computing device operably connected to the accelerometer and having a memory and a processor. The ...