B21F 1/00
Bending wire other than coiling
Official title: Bending wire other than coiling; Straightening wire
B21F1/00 (Bending wire other than coiling) appears on 543 US grants and 402 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B21F- Granted patents
- 543
- Published applications
- 402
- Assignees
- 324
- Inventors
- 985
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 7 |
| 2004 | 10 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 6 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13 |
| 2008 | 1 | 9 |
| 2009 | 9 | 14 |
| 2010 | 8 | 14 |
| 2011 | 6 | 20 |
| 2012 | 13 | 12 |
| 2013 | 14 | 17 |
| 2014 | 10 | 15 |
| 2015 | 17 | 18 |
| 2016 | 12 | 21 |
| 2017 | 25 | 15 |
| 2018 | 16 | 20 |
| 2019 | 16 | 23 |
| 2020 | 15 | 22 |
| 2021 | 20 | 24 |
| 2022 | 20 | 22 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 |
| 2024 | 14 | 29 |
| 2025 | 20 | 16 |
| 2026 | 10 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B21F 1/02Straightening122
- B21F 1/002Bending wire other than coiling: by means of manually operated devices89
- B21F 1/04Undulating53
- B21F 1/008In 3d with means to rotate the wire about its axis43
- B21F 1/006In 3d with means to rotate the tools about the wire axis39
- B21F 1/004Bending wire other than coiling: by means of press-type tooling37
- B21F 1/06Bending wire-eyes31
Recent patents
- Needle bending device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,592 B2Precision Bend LLC
- Tool moving device and wire forming machine22 Sep 2026US 12,741,310 B2Asahi-Seiki Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for bending elongated metal products15 Sep 2026US 12,734,572 B2M. E. P. Macchine Elettroniche Piegatrici SpA
- Machine for forming RFID antennas7 Jul 2026US 12,673,358 B2Abg Systems S.P.A.
- Apparatus and method for customized shaping of orthodontic archwires and other medical devices12 May 2026US 12,623,272 B2DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- Method for producing a wire packet for use in a wave winding mat, wire packet for use in a wave winding mat and device for producing a wire packet formed from at least one first bent wire blank and at least one second bent wire blank8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307135 A1Schaeffler Technolologies AG & Co. KG
- Wire straightening device and method for manufacturing wire10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264132 A1Proterial, Ltd.
- Forming machine, and method for producing complexly bent shaped parts13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233291 A1WAFIOS Aktiengesellschaft
- Welding-wire-straightening apparatus6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225148 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
- Medical device shaft and medical device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183519 A1Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for creating formed elements used to make wound stents232US 9,676,022 B2Medtronic Vascular, Inc. · 2017
- Dental wire attachment220US 8,292,617 B2Align Technology, Inc. · 2012
- Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices79US 6,612,143 B1OraMetrix, Inc. · 2003
- Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices79US 6,755,064 B2OraMetrix, Inc. · 2004
- Rod bender71US 5,161,404 AZimmer, Inc. · 1992