ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,427, issued on June 24, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Quick connect configurations for welding necks and gas diffusers" was invented by Jeremy L. Jansma (Lowell, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some examples of the present disclosure relate to apparatus, systems, and/or methods for providing a quick connect and/or disconnect for a gas diffuser and/or neck assembly, for example, in a welding system. The gas diffuser may include threaded grooves and/or protrusions configured to engage with screw threads and/or channels of the neck assembly. The screw threads, protrusions, threaded grooves, and/or chann...