B21B 45/0218
For strips, sheets, or plates
Official title: {for strips, sheets, or plates (B21B45/023, B21B45/0233 take precedence)}
B21B45/0218 (For strips, sheets, or plates) appears on 251 US grants and 212 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B21B- Granted patents
- 251
- Published applications
- 212
- Assignees
- 101
- Inventors
- 618
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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| 2023 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cold rolling facility, cold rolling method, and manufacturing method of metal plate17 Mar 2026US 12,576,437 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- Cooling device with coolant jets having a hollow cross section17 Feb 2026US 12,551,938 B2Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH
- Method of cooling control for steel plate, cooling control device, and method of manufacturing steel plate27 Jan 2026US 12,534,775 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- Modular spray bar system for selectively cooling and/or lubricating rolls13 Jan 2026US 12,521,778 B2SMS group GmbH
- Rolling apparatus for secondary battery electrode sheet, cathode electrode manufactured thereby and secondary battery14 Oct 2025US 12,440,877 B2People & Technology Inc.
- Reversible roughing mill for an aluminum or aluminum alloy product and related process13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233276 A1Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA
- Cooling module, cooling assembly, cooling system, method, hot-rolled metal strip-shaped product, and use28 May 2026US 2026/0145215 A1SMS group GmbH
- Cold rolling equipment, steel plate manufacturing equipment, cold rolling method, and steel plate manufacturing method11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375803 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Device and method for cooling rolls used for rolling in a highly turbulent environment11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375804 A1
- Control device for steel plate temperature27 Mar 2025US 2025/0100035 A1Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for cooling rolling mill rolls and flat rolled products39US 5,212,975 AInternational Rolling Mill Consultants, Inc. · 1993
- Methods of detecting and correcting spray header malfunctions35US 4,932,232 AAlcan Aluminum Corporation · 1990
- Process and apparatus for applying and removing liquid coolant to control temperature of continuously moving metal strip28US 5,701,775 AAlcan International Limited · 1997
- Method and apparatus for symmetrically cooling heated workpieces24US 4,047,985 AWean United, Inc. · 1977
- Method and apparatus for cooling steel sheet23US 4,440,584 ANippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha · 1984