B23B 45/04
Driven by fluid-pressure or pneumatic power
Official title: driven by fluid-pressure or pneumatic power
B23B45/04 (Driven by fluid-pressure or pneumatic power) appears on 46 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23B- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 40
- Inventors
- 113
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for drilling a hole for a countersink fastener24 Feb 2026US 12,558,729 B2Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- Drill fire extinguishing device and drill fire extinguishing system, drill bit2 Sep 2025US 12,403,341 B2PUTZ INNOVA GmbH
- Pneumatic drill system and foreign object debris collection drill attachment18 Feb 2025US 12,226,866 B2Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- Impact tool and method19 Dec 2023US 11,845,171 B1
- Tool driving device, tool feeding mechanism for tool rotating unit and hole processing method12 Jul 2022US 11,383,338 B2Subaru Corporation
- Compressor With Housing-Integrated Air Storage Device23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327547 A1
- Pneumatic drill system and foreign object debris collection drill attachment26 Sep 2024US 2024/0316711 A1Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- System and method for drilling a hole for a countersink fastener14 Dec 2023US 2023/0398610 A1Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- Drilling Extinguishing Device And Drilling Extinguishing System, Drill5 Jan 2023US 2023/0001246 A1PUTZ INNOVA GmbH
- Drilling and countersinking tool and drilling and countersinking auxiliary tool16 Jun 2022US 2022/0184715 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hand drill56US 4,329,092 ADornier GmbH · 1982
- Impact air wrench having a two position pressure regulator38US 3,951,217 AChicago Pneumatic Tool Company · 1976
- Air passages for pneumatic tools30US 4,258,798 ARockwell International Corporation · 1981
- Clockwise or counterclockwise rotation control device of a pneumatic tool29US 7,174,971 B1Sunmatch Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2007
- Dual safety control means for a power tool21US 3,934,657 AThor Power Tool Company · 1976