B23K 11/3072
Devices for exchanging or removing electrodes or electrode tips
Official title: {Devices for exchanging or removing electrodes or electrode tips}
B23K11/3072 (Devices for exchanging or removing electrodes or electrode tips) appears on 88 US grants and 98 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 98
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 142
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Automated marking systems and methods for replaceable automated machine component tracking2 Jun 2026US 12,643,173 B2Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Electrode tip impact tools and methods of installing electrodes6 Jan 2026US 12,515,305 B2Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Replacing and holding device for electrode tip27 May 2025US 12,311,460 B2Obara Corporation
- Integrated electrode maintenance for robotic welding cell29 Apr 2025US 12,285,816 B2Doben Limited
- Electrode cap magazine loading device16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102840 A1
- Integrated module for forming, dressing and changing, and apparatus26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054318 A1Guangzhou Mino Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Operating unit with integrated tool-change device27 Mar 2025US 2025/0100068 A1Com.Imp.Ex. di Elio Strobietto
- Spring-assisted linear drive17 Oct 2024US 2024/0344538 A1Braeuer Systemtechnik GmbH
- Integrated electrode maintenance for robotic welding cell25 Jul 2024US 2024/0246168 A1Doben Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for exchanging electrode chips used for resistance welding34US 4,794,221 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988
- Welding tip removal tool25US 4,649,613 A1987
- Apparatus for automatically replacing welding electrodes24US 5,734,141 A3016030 Canada Inc. · 1998
- Automatic welding electrode cap changer21US 5,073,692 A1991
- Apparatus for removing an electrode chip from a shank of a resistance welding machine20US 5,495,663 A1996