B23B 45/005
Flexible shafts
Official title: {Flexible shafts}
B23B45/005 (Flexible shafts) appears on 37 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23B- Granted patents
- 37
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 65
- Latest grant
- 17 Dec 2024
Filings by year
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| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Radial band wedge impact driving device17 Dec 2024US 12,168,285 B2Apex Brands, Inc.
- Apparatus for punching anchor bolt insertion hole5 Mar 2024US 11,919,198 B2Dae-Dong Stone Eng. Co., Ltd
- Rotationally balanced slot pattern for flexible shafts13 Jun 2023US 11,672,545 B2Avalign Technologies, Inc.
- Rotation tool27 Dec 2022US 11,534,896 B2Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for improvement of surface geometries of internal channels of additively manufactured components18 Oct 2022US 11,471,947 B2Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Flexible Drill Bit and Kit24 Apr 2025US 2025/0128338 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Water pipe scale removal device30 Mar 2023US 2023/0098654 A1
- Radial band wedge impact driving device1 Sep 2022US 2022/0274235 A1Apex Brands, Inc.
- Rotationally balanced slot pattern for flexible shafts5 May 2022US 2022/0133335 A1Avalign Technologies, Inc.
- Apparatus for punching anchor bolt insertion hole24 Mar 2022US 2022/0088828 A1Dae-Dong Stone Eng. Co., Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drilling a curved hole276US 4,541,423 A1985
- Flexible shaft for holding a tool of rotary driven motion19US 9,808,867 B2Flex Technology, Inc. · 2017
- Extension shaft for holding a tool for rotary driven motion18US 8,117,950 B22012
- Drive shaft coupling17US 7,150,680 B2Precimed S.A. · 2006
- Flexible and extendable drill bit assembly17US 7,435,042 B22008