B21D 31/005
Incremental shaping or bending
Official title: {Incremental shaping or bending, e.g. stepwise moving a shaping tool along the surface of the workpiece (B21D22/14 takes precedence)}
B21D31/005 (Incremental shaping or bending) appears on 89 US grants and 111 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B21D- Granted patents
- 89
- Published applications
- 111
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 212
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 7 |
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| 2019 | 7 | 12 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11 |
| 2023 | 9 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for producing a recess using a bending machine, and bending machine configured for this purpose29 Sep 2026US 12,746,589 B2EVOBEND GmbH
- Forming stylus tool design and toolpath generation module for 3 axis computer numerical control manufacturing processes7 Apr 2026US 12,596,345 B2The Boeing Company
- Incremental sheet forming systems and methods for forming structures having steep walls15 Jul 2025US 12,358,093 B2The Boeing Company
- Electrically assisted forming process and device for high-strength metal alloy thin-walled pipe6 May 2025US 12,290,851 B2Central Iron and Steel Research Institute
- Systems and methods for compensating for spring back of structures formed through incremental sheet forming11 Feb 2025US 12,220,738 B2The Boeing Company
- Method for manufacturing press formed article and die set design method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233279 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Linear pass incremental sheet metal forming6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225146 A1Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Device and method of coil-less electromagnetic pulse incremental forming for metal sheet16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102813 A1Xiamen University of Technology
- Method for incremental sheet forming using resilient tooling26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084199 A1Figur Machine Tools LLC
- Tiled backing mat system for an incremental sheet forming system with resilient tooling12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070112 A1Figur Machine Tools LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for forming sheet metal49US 7,536,892 B2Amino Corporation · 2009
- Method and apparatus for incremental forming42US 6,971,256 B2Amino Corporation · 2005
- Method for making a tool used to manufacture composite parts36US 8,316,687 B2The Boeing Company · 2012
- Reducing force needed to form a shape from a sheet metal35US 8,578,748 B2The Boeing Company · 2013
- Asymmetric incremental sheet forming system34US 7,984,635 B2K. U. Leuven Research & Development · 2011