B23K 11/061
For welding rectilinear seams
Official title: {for welding rectilinear seams}
B23K11/061 (For welding rectilinear seams) appears on 158 US grants and 95 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for roll forming thermoplastic composites31 Mar 2026US 12,589,545 B2Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- Welding monitoring apparatus and welding monitoring method4 Nov 2025US 12,459,023 B2Nippon Steel Corporation
- Manufacturing method of optical module2 Sep 2025US 12,405,432 B2Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Welding gun and welding method29 Oct 2024US 12,128,495 B2Subaru Corporation
- Method and device for roll seam welding container shells20 Aug 2024US 12,064,805 B2Soudronic AG
- Electrode Tab Welding Device, Electrode Tab Welding Method, and Electrode Assembly20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353102 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Method and device for cleaning the surface of a metal wire or metal strip6 Nov 2025US 2025/0339880 A1
- Apparatus and method for roll forming thermoplastic composites17 Oct 2024US 2024/0342975 A1Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- Welding monitoring apparatus and welding monitoring method14 Mar 2024US 2024/0082900 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- Manufacturing method of optical module4 Jan 2024US 2024/0004149 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Watertight and thermally insulating tank built into the bearing structure of a ship having a simplified corner structure53US 5,450,806 AGaz Transport · 1995
- Process and apparatus for welding sheet metal edges43US 5,567,335 AElpatronic AG · 1996
- Method of forming seamed metal tube33US 5,474,227 AThe IDOD Trust · 1995
- Seam welding process and seam welding apparatus24US 5,726,410 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Method and apparatus for seam welding overlapped edges22US 4,160,892 A1979