B21D 7/12
Bending rods, profiles, or tubes: with program control
Official title: with program control
B21D7/12 (Bending rods, profiles, or tubes: with program control) appears on 156 US grants and 127 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B21D- Granted patents
- 156
- Published applications
- 127
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 304
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 |
| 2020 | 7 | 14 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026 | 8 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of bending and bending machine for the execution of a method of bending29 Sep 2026US 12,746,590 B2Blm S.P.A.
- Apparatus and method for bending elongated metal products15 Sep 2026US 12,734,572 B2M. E. P. Macchine Elettroniche Piegatrici SpA
- Robotic surgical systems and methods for rod bending4 Aug 2026US 12,697,156 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Fixing device for bending processing of shaft- shaped member12 May 2026US 12,623,269 B2
- Bending method and bending machine for the execution of a bending method5 May 2026US 12,617,010 B2Blm S.P.A.
- Systems, methods, and devices for automated bending of fixation plates8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307129 A1Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Integrated variable-axis free-bend forming apparatus for tubes14 May 2026US 2026/0131372 A1Zhejiang University
- Fixing device for bending processing of shaft-shaped member8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008088 A1Daewon Applied Eng. Co.
- Portable electric power tool for bending elongate objects23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326019 A1
- Tubing bender18 Sep 2025US 2025/0289047 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for arc and node design and manufacture117US 10,173,255 B2Divergent Technologies, Inc. · 2019
- Shaper for vertebral fixation rods35US 10,631,907 B2Mazor Robotics Ltd. · 2020
- Apparatus for constructing tools31US 4,773,284 ABusm Co., Ltd. · 1988
- Tube bending machine31US 5,305,223 AUsui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited · 1994
- Pinch and forming roll assembly for numerically controlled contour forming machines29US 4,080,815 AThe Boeing Company · 1978