B23K 11/36
Auxiliary equipment
Official title: Auxiliary equipment (B23K11/31 takes precedence)
B23K11/36 (Auxiliary equipment) appears on 239 US grants and 288 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 239
- Published applications
- 288
- Assignees
- 177
- Inventors
- 646
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 13 | 23 |
| 2024 | 16 | 17 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automated marking systems and methods for replaceable automated machine component tracking2 Jun 2026US 12,643,173 B2Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Apparatus for measuring alignment of welding gun25 Nov 2025US 12,479,041 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Automated geometry and crowning apparatus for use of mobile electric flash-butt welding of railroad rails and rail inserts11 Nov 2025US 12,466,008 B2One Rail Group, LLC
- Tip dresser23 Sep 2025US 12,420,352 B2Kyokutoh Co., Ltd.
- Air blow nozzle and tip dresser equipped with air blow nozzle23 Sep 2025US 12,420,353 B2Kyokutoh Co., Ltd.
- Weld spot number management device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249379 A1Fanuc Corporation
- Method for increasing hardened layer thickness of a rail head of a flash welded joint of a steel rail and a steel rail16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200019 A1Chengdu Advanced Metal Materials Industry Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- Welding protection device, welding system, position adjustment method, and welding method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175312 A1Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
- A welding and heat treatment method for a steel rail with deep hardened layer and a steel rail25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176712 A1Chengdu Advanced Metal Materials
- Device for supplying coolant, and cooling water system25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176928 A1Klaus Guenther GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for automated testing of a material joint60US 8,235,588 B2Thermosensorik GmbH · 2012
- Weld gun heat removal55US 6,573,470 B1DCT, Inc. · 2003
- System of externally holding and guiding supply lines to moving implements of manipulators52US 4,705,243 AKUKA Schweissanlangen · 1987
- Automated method for butt weld inspection and defect diagnosis39US 5,474,225 AThe Babcock & Wilcox Company · 1995
- Apparatus and method for transferring secondary current across a robotic tool changer31US 6,533,594 B1ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. · 2003