B22F 12/38
Housings
Official title: {Housings, e.g. machine housings}
B22F12/38 (Housings) appears on 355 US grants and 552 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22F- Granted patents
- 355
- Published applications
- 552
- Assignees
- 174
- Inventors
- 908
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2014 | 5 | 15 |
| 2015 | 3 | 9 |
| 2016 | 7 | 18 |
| 2017 | 12 | 56 |
| 2018 | 7 | 62 |
| 2019 | 22 | 50 |
| 2020 | 42 | 45 |
| 2021 | 53 | 80 |
| 2022 | 45 | 63 |
| 2023 | 45 | 42 |
| 2024 | 43 | 38 |
| 2025 | 39 | 35 |
| 2026 | 16 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Additive manufacturing using a particle beam10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264151 A1Freemelt AB
- Optical system adjustment20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241459 A1Velo3D, Inc.
- Seal assembly for build tanks20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243350 A1General Electric Company
- Build material escapement assembly and additive manufacturing systems including same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225311 A1General Electric Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Three-dimensional printing techniques723US 5,387,380 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1995
- Apparatus and method for producing parts with multi-directional powder delivery310US 5,252,264 ADTM Corporation · 1993
- Modular fabrication systems and methods186US 7,625,198 B2Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 2009
- Process chamber for selective laser fusion169US 6,583,379 B1Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V. · 2003
- Device and method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by means of an application device for building material in powder form111US 9,327,450 B2EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems · 2016