B21D 5/002
Positioning devices
Official title: {Positioning devices}
B21D5/002 (Positioning devices) appears on 116 US grants and 89 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B21D- Granted patents
- 116
- Published applications
- 89
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 220
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2019 | 5 | 12 |
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| 2023 | 4 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Container with interchangeable liner1 Sep 2026US 12,723,413 B2
- Adjustable stopper assembly for press brake14 Apr 2026US 12,601,189 B2
- Bending installation and manipulator with rotatable gripper arrangement7 Apr 2026US 12,594,592 B2TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
- Pocket flange forming device for duct3 Mar 2026US 12,564,872 B2Jinwoong Technology Co., Ltd.
- Bending system, and divided tool arrangement method24 Feb 2026US 12,558,717 B2Amada Company, Limited
- Production plant comprising a manipulator6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225147 A1TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
- Sealing metal sheet, turbine, bending tool, and method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210259 A1Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
- Automated sphere plate pressing method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199948 A1CB&I STS Delaware LLC
- Bending installation and manipulator with rotatable gripper arrangement9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192352 A1TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
- Abutment mechanism operation control method, abutment mechanism operation control program, and abutment mechanism operation control device2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091422 A1Amada Company, Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fingerpad force sensing system54US 5,844,146 AAmada America, Inc. · 1998
- Methods and apparatuses for backgaging and sensor-based control of bending operations40US 5,761,940 AAmada America, Inc. · 1998
- Method of positioning a metal sheet for a sheetmetal working machine31US 5,187,958 AAmada Company, Limited · 1993
- Press brake22US 4,510,789 AKabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho · 1985
- Fingerpad force sensing system20US 6,067,862 AAmada America, Inc. · 2000