US 12,420,363 B2
Alignment spacer assemblies for welding and methods for using same
Jordan Aloys Rammel, St. Henry, OH (US); and David Allen Letchworth, La Grange, NC (US)
Assigned to CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, New Bremen, OH (US)
Filed by CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, New Bremen, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/829,792.
Application 18/829,792 is a division of application No. 18/110,931, filed on Feb. 17, 2023, granted, now 12,109,654.
Application 18/110,931 is a division of application No. 17/090,197, filed on Nov. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,607,754, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/053,869, filed on Jul. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2025/0001534 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. B23K 37/00 (2025.01); B23K 37/04 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 37/0452 (2013.01) [B23K 37/0426 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spacer assembly comprising:
a first spacer segment having an inner face, an opposite outer face, and an exterior surface extending between the inner face and the outer face along a longitudinal axis, the inner face being oriented at an angle relative to the outer face;
a second spacer segment having an inner face, an opposite outer face, and an exterior surface extending between the inner face and the outer face along a longitudinal axis, the inner face being oriented at an angle relative to the outer face; and
a securing device configured to fix the first spacer segment relative to the second spacer segment such that the exterior surface of the first spacer segment is coaxially aligned with the exterior surface of the second spacer segment, wherein:
the inner face of the first spacer segment and the inner face of the second spacer segment define a supplementary non-perpendicular angle relative to the longitudinal axis the first spacer segment and the second spacer segment,
the outer face of the first spacer segment is parallel to the outer face of the second spacer segment.