ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,818, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hypertherm Inc. (Hanover, N.H.).
"Highly positioned laser processing nozzle" was invented by Kenneth J. Woods (New London, N.H.), David J. Cook (Bradford, Vt.), Joe Ciambra (Thetford Center, Vt.), Marco Celeghin (Venice, Italy), Aaron D. Brandt (Grantham, N.H.) and Sanjay Garg (Hanover, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double nozzle for a laser processing head includes an inner body portion having an interior surface defining a bore for passing a laser beam, a first interface surface near a distal end of the inner body portion, the first interface surface including a plurality of channels,...