B23K 11/11
Spot welding
B23K11/11 (Spot welding) appears on 940 US grants and 1,250 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 940
- Published applications
- 1,250
- Assignees
- 413
- Inventors
- 2,176
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 22 |
| 2006 | 11 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 17 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17 |
| 2009 | 9 | 29 |
| 2010 | 9 | 21 |
| 2011 | 11 | 37 |
| 2012 | 18 | 39 |
| 2013 | 28 | 48 |
| 2014 | 26 | 48 |
| 2015 | 38 | 69 |
| 2016 | 31 | 107 |
| 2017 | 46 | 77 |
| 2018 | 58 | 79 |
| 2019 | 84 | 88 |
| 2020 | 72 | 89 |
| 2021 | 57 | 91 |
| 2022 | 64 | 67 |
| 2023 | 65 | 95 |
| 2024 | 67 | 74 |
| 2025 | 61 | 51 |
| 2026 | 28 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for providing a component assembly for a motor vehicle, and component assembly for a motor vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,615 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Method for producing a high strength coated steel sheet having improved ductility and formability, and obtained coated steel sheet8 Sep 2026US 12,729,408 B2ArcelorMittal
- Method for joining metal materials and controlling bonding quality thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,715,061 B2Toyama Prefecture
- Spot welding method11 Aug 2026US 12,703,039 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
- Cap tip assembly for spot welding4 Aug 2026US 12,697,675 B2Sungwoo Hitech Co., Ltd.
- Resistance spot welding method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273647 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Device, control device, and method for correcting pressure force command of welding gun17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273649 A1Fanuc Corporation
- Spot welding gun17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273650 A1Subaru Corporation
- Winding, method for manufacturing winding, welding electrode, and manufacturing device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263978 A1Fuji Filter Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Resistance welding device and resistance welding method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264163 A1Mazda Motor Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Welded stent having a welded soluble core231US 9,675,477 B2Medtronic Vascular, Inc. · 2017
- Method and apparatus for operating an industrial robot with sensor-correction89US 4,707,582 A1987
- Designing and producing lightweight automobile bodies87US 5,729,463 AULSAB Trust · 1998
- Process for lap joining two kinds of metallic members having different melting points60US 6,037,559 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Eclipse via in pad structure58US 5,875,102 AIntel Corporation · 1999