B21D 26/02
Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable
Official title: by applying fluid pressure
B21D26/02 (Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable) appears on 1,329 US grants and 989 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 8 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Forming device and forming method4 Aug 2026US 12,697,652 B2Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Molding device14 Jul 2026US 12,678,850 B2Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Battery case shaping apparatus and method using shock wave28 Apr 2026US 12,614,787 B2LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Method for forming and heat treating near net shape complex structures from sheet metal14 Apr 2026US 12,599,953 B2Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- Conformable cold plate for fluid cooling applications7 Apr 2026US 12,598,725 B2Intel Corporation
- Method and apparatus for calibrating a metal profile blank24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284731 A1Norsk Hydro ASA
- Electrode for an electrohydraulic forming chamber10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264129 A1Adm28 France
- Forming system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241435 A1Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing non-stick pan liner20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241438 A1Joyoung Company Limited
- Longitudinal chamber profile preform and method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208253 A1Zieta Prozessdesign SpóLka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of securing a sleeve within a tube279US 4,069,573 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1978
- Method for hydroforming and hydroformed product124US 8,297,096 B2Nippon Steel Corporation · 2012
- Method of fabricating metallic sandwich structure109US 4,304,821 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1981
- Gelatinous elastomer compositions and articles102US 6,552,109 B1Applied Elastomerics, Inc. · 2003
- Method for achieving thermal uniformity in induction processing of organic matrix composites or metals98US 5,728,309 AThe Boeing Company · 1998