B23B 2260/068
Flexible members
B23B2260/068 (Flexible members) appears on 34 US grants and 44 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23B- Granted patents
- 34
- Published applications
- 44
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 84
- Latest grant
- 7 Oct 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Fully steerable flexible curved-drilling robot device, system and method7 Oct 2025US 12,433,608 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Tap holder5 Aug 2025US 12,377,471 B2Sugino Machine Limited
- Elastic connecting element, processing method thereof and flexible drill including elastic connecting element15 Oct 2024US 12,117,026 B2Guangzhou Aquila Precise Tools Limited
- Holder, cutting tool, and method for manufacturing machined product1 Oct 2024US 12,103,125 B2KYOCERA Corporation
- Position adjustment device and ultraprecision machine tool14 Feb 2023US 11,577,351 B2Fanuc Corporation
- Compact click mechanism for a cutting tool21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262674 A1Kennametal Inc.
- Flexible Drill Bit and Kit24 Apr 2025US 2025/0128338 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Fully steerable flexible curved-drilling robot device, system and method17 Oct 2024US 2024/0341775 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Drill chuck7 Sep 2023US 2023/0278110 A1Roehm GmbH
- Drill bit stabilizer and method of use8 Jun 2023US 2023/0173592 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cutting tool58US 8,221,037 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation · 2012
- Flexible shaft for holding a tool of rotary driven motion19US 9,808,867 B2Flex Technology, Inc. · 2017
- Adjustable drill template15US 7,214,008 B1The Boeing Company · 2007
- Flexible and extendible drill bit assembly13US 9,089,901 B22015
- Flexible shaft for a roof drill11US 4,057,115 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior · 1977