B23K 11/163
Welding of coated materials
Official title: {Welding of coated materials}
B23K11/163 (Welding of coated materials) appears on 156 US grants and 178 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for producing resistance-welded member30 Jun 2026US 12,667,903 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
- Welded joint and automobile member23 Jun 2026US 12,663,032 B2Nippon Steel Corporation
- Nuclear fuel rod and manufacturing method23 Jun 2026US 12,665,097 B2Framatome
- Method for producing a welded metal blank and thus obtained welded metal blank16 Jun 2026US 12,654,250 B2ArcelorMittal
- Resistance spot welding method and resistance spot welding apparatus21 Apr 2026US 12,605,787 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Resistance spot welding method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273647 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Resistance spot welding method and method for producing welded member13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233326 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- A method to produce press hardened parts at high productivity6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226571 A1
- Resistance spot welded joint and related resistance spot welding method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200002 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Method for resistance spot welding16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200003 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Resistance welding of sheet metal coated with layers59US 4,037,073 A1977
- Method of welding laminates each having the structure of metal layer/thermally softenable insulating layer/metal layer45US 4,650,951 AMitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd. · 1987
- Dissimilar metal joining method37US 7,850,059 B2Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 2010
- Preheat time compensating weld control35US 4,675,494 AFord Motor Company · 1987
- Dissimilar metal joining method34US 8,020,749 B2Kojiro KOBAYASHI · 2011