B23K 11/362
Contact means for supplying welding current to the electrodes
Official title: {Contact means for supplying welding current to the electrodes}
B23K11/362 (Contact means for supplying welding current to the electrodes) appears on 47 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 42
- Inventors
- 97
- Latest grant
- 11 Mar 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of resistance spot welding and resistance spot welding apparatus11 Mar 2025US 12,246,388 B2Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Floating electrode welding10 Sep 2024US 12,083,616 B2Tec-Option, Inc.
- Manufacturing method of joined member28 Feb 2023US 11,590,600 B2Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Electric connector engaging a welder to a spot welding tool26 Jul 2022US 11,396,058 B2
- Measuring device for automated welding devices, in particular for robot welding tongs11 Aug 2020US 10,737,349 B2Inelta Sensorsysteme GmbH & Co. KG
- Tab Guide and Electrode Tab Welding Device Including the Same16 Jan 2025US 2025/0018496 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Welding device for wire meshes14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375205 A1EVG Entwicklungs- u. Verwertungs-Gesellschaft m.b. H
- Method for forming a material-locking connection18 Jul 2024US 2024/0238892 A1Robert Bosch GmbH
- Electric Connector Engaging a Welder to a Spot Welding Tool10 Nov 2022US 2022/0355411 A1
- Electric Connector Engaging a Welder to a Spot Welding Tool28 Apr 2022US 2022/0126391 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- System of externally holding and guiding supply lines to moving implements of manipulators52US 4,705,243 AKUKA Schweissanlangen · 1987
- Apparatus and method for transferring secondary current across a robotic tool changer31US 6,533,594 B1ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. · 2003
- Air-cooled cables with terminals and method of producing same27US 4,394,533 A1983
- Replaceable high power electrical contacts for robotic tool changing systems25US 5,460,536 AApplied Robotics, Inc. · 1995
- System of transformers for a welding apparatus14US 4,577,085 AMarelco Power Systems, Inc. · 1986