B21J 5/066
Flow drilling
Official title: {Flow drilling}
B21J5/066 (Flow drilling) appears on 73 US grants and 75 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B21J- Granted patents
- 73
- Published applications
- 75
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 206
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for fitting a measuring device on a tube29 Sep 2026US 12,747,817 B2Siemens Mobility GmbH
- Method and connecting device for connecting at least two elements by a connecting element10 Mar 2026US 12,571,419 B2Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
- Flow drill screw11 Nov 2025US 12,467,495 B1Kunhou Auto Parts (Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
- Method and device for monitoring and/or control of a flow-hole and thread-forming process1 Jul 2025US 12,343,786 B2Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
- Method and device for monitoring and/or controlling a flow-drilling and thread-forming process11 Mar 2025US 12,246,374 B2Altas Copco IAS GmbH
- Friction drilled spray header16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102780 A1
- Method and connecting device for connecting at least two elements by a connecting element22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022728 A1
- Method and connecting device for connecting at least two elements by a connecting element16 Oct 2025US 2025/0320890 A1Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
- Workpiece processing method, machine tool, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296176 A1Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
- Method and system with volatility-based flow drill screw control25 Sep 2025US 2025/0297631 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hole forming and selftapping screw37US 5,234,301 AEJOT Eberhard Jaeger GmbH & Co. KG · 1993
- Railing support post with threaded receivers34US 8,814,145 B22014
- Method for boring a spoke rim and for providing an insert for the bored rim29US 6,216,344 B1Mavic S.A.S. · 2001
- Railing support post with threaded receivers26US 9,126,289 B22015
- Flow drilling process and tool therefor21US 4,428,214 ADeere & Company · 1984