Jeremy L Jansma

US Patent:

20060226133, Oct 12, 2006

Filed:

Apr 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/102443

Inventors:

William Giese - Monee IL, US
Robert Warning - Cedar Lake IN, US
Jeremy Jansma - South Holland IL, US

International Classification:

B23K 9/173

US Classification:

219137310

Abstract:

In accordance with one embodiment, the present invention provides a welding torch nipple for coupling a welding cable and neck assembly to one another. The exemplary nipple includes two hollow tubes: an inner tube disposed in an outer tube. The inner tube includes features that facilitate mating with a welding cable and the outer tube is configured to receive a neck assembly. A dielectric layer disposed between the inner and outer tubes electrically isolates the outer tube from the inner tube, thereby protecting a user from electrical shock, for instance. The dielectric layer includes a stem portion that extends radially into the outer tube, blocking axial separation of the outer tube and the dielectric layer.

US Patent:

20060226134, Oct 12, 2006

Filed:

Apr 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/102444

Inventors:

William Giese - Beecher IL, US
Robert Warning - Cedar Lake IN, US
Jeremy Jansma - South Holland IL, US

International Classification:

B23K 9/173

US Classification:

219137310

Abstract:

In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides a welding torch that includes features facilitating aligned assembly of various components of the welding torch with respect to one another. For example, the welding torch includes a nipple that carries a pin member extending from both an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral of a sleeve of the nipple. This pin engages with a slot on a coupling member and a slot on a neck assembly, thereby facilitating proper alignment of the neck assembly, coupling member, and nipple with respect to one another. Moreover, the engagement between the pin member and the slots block pivotal displacement of neck assembly, coupling member, and neck assembly with respect to one another. Advantageously, the use of a single pin member for both slots presents a more judicious construction, leading to reduced manufacturing costs, for instance.

US Patent:

20120248085, Oct 4, 2012

Filed:

Mar 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/427976

Inventors:

Jeremy L. Jansma - Lowell IN, US

Assignee:

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

B23K 9/32

US Classification:

21913763

Abstract:

A welding gun includes a gun assembly including a handle having a cable receiving end and also a connecting end. The connecting end includes a tubular end fitting having female threads proximal to the connecting end, and also having an aperture adjacent the female threads. A neck assembly includes a body tube having a welding end and also a connecting end. The connecting end of the body tube is telescopically engageable with the tubular end fitting. The connecting end of the body tube includes an annular recess inwardly spaced from a terminus of the connecting end, and also includes a locking nut and male threads engageable with the female threads. The locking nut and male threads are disposed adjacent the annular recess away from the terminus. A stop is fitable in the aperture and extends into the annular recess in an assembled disposition of the gun.

US Patent:

20210354227, Nov 18, 2021

Filed:

Jul 29, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/388219

Inventors:

- Glenview IL, US
Jeremy L. Jansma - Lowell IN, US

International Classification:

B23K 9/12
B23K 9/26
B23K 9/29
B23K 9/173

Abstract:

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 channels may be configured such that the gas diffuser may be quickly connected to, and/or disconnected from, the neck assembly.

US Patent:

20180304395, Oct 25, 2018

Filed:

Apr 18, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/956515

Inventors:

- Glenview IL, US
Jeremy L. Jansma - Lowell IN, US

International Classification:

B23K 9/12
B23K 9/173
B23K 9/29

Abstract:

Some examples of the present disclosure relate to welding systems that provide cooling gas flow to contact tips. The contact tip may be retained within a neck and nozzle assembly of a welding torch that receives gas, such as shielding gas, for example, from the welding system. A tip retention-device and gas diffuser may cooperate to retain the contact tip within the neck and nozzle assembly. The gas diffuser may have axial gas channels configured to direct the shielding gas over and/or across a rear portion of the contact tip seated within the gas diffuser. The tip retention device may have gas channels configured to guide gas flow from the gas diffuser over and/or across a forward portion of the contact tip. The gas flow may help to cool the contact tip before, during, and/or after welding, which may extend the life of the contact tip.

US Patent:

20180281097, Oct 4, 2018

Filed:

Apr 3, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/944588

Inventors:

- Glenview IL, US
Jeremy L. Jansma - Lowell IN, US

International Classification:

B23K 9/12
B23K 9/173
B23K 9/29
B23K 9/26

Abstract:

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 channels may be configured such that the gas diffuser may be quickly connected to, and/or disconnected from, the neck assembly.