B21D 5/0254
Tool exchanging
Official title: {Tool exchanging}
B21D5/0254 (Tool exchanging) appears on 74 US grants and 83 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B21D- Granted patents
- 74
- Published applications
- 83
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 111
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fully automated sheet metal bending cell2 Jun 2026US 12,643,137 B2Concept & Forme Developpements SA
- Bending system, and divided tool arrangement method24 Feb 2026US 12,558,717 B2Amada Company, Limited
- Press brake with rotary tool assembly23 Dec 2025US 12,502,702 B2Ariel Financing Ltd.
- Method for installing divided upper tool to upper tool holder provided on upper table of press brake, tool changer, and tool stocker14 Oct 2025US 12,440,881 B2Amada Company, Limited
- Bending system26 Aug 2025US 12,397,335 B2Amada Company, Limited
- Tool changer for bending machine and tool changing method for bending machine20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241436 A1Amada Company, Limited
- Tool storage device and tool reversing device2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091423 A1Amada Company, Limited
- Combination of a Press Brake and a Serial Manipulator19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048428 A1Nivora IP B.V.
- Tool storage unit for press brake4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367774 A1
- Bending system and correcting method for tool misalignment18 Sep 2025US 2025/0289046 A1Amada Company, Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Die exchange apparatus for the use of a press brake31US 5,168,745 AYamazaki Mazak Corporation · 1992
- Press brake22US 4,510,789 AKabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho · 1985
- Die exchange device19US 4,680,955 AAmada Company, Limited · 1987
- Die changing apparatus for a bending brake17US 4,188,815 AKabushiki Kiasha Komatsu Seisakusho · 1980
- Bending machine and a die changing system for such bending machine17US 4,658,625 AAmada Company, Limited · 1987