B23K 20/08
Explosive welding
B23K20/08 (Explosive welding) appears on 198 US grants and 97 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 198
- Published applications
- 97
- Assignees
- 126
- Inventors
- 341
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cladded article with clad layer having varying thickness14 Jul 2026US 12,679,069 B2DMC Global Inc.
- Method for connecting ferritic with austenitic steel pipes24 Mar 2026US 12,583,052 B2Linde Aktiengesellschaft
- Method for modifying the fluorine distribution in a hydrocarbon compound6 Jan 2026US 12,516,005 B2Arkema France
- Guide wire2 Dec 2025US 12,485,252 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and apparatus for additive friction stir manufactured transition joint2 Dec 2025US 12,486,872 B2DMC Global Inc.
- Method and system of identifying a bond boundary between a sound bond and a weak bond in a multilayer article26 Dec 2024US 2024/0426784 A1DMC Global Inc.
- Method of forming an impulse weld21 Nov 2024US 2024/0383064 A1Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Method and apparatus for additive friction stir manufactured transition joint17 Oct 2024US 2024/0344567 A1DMC Global Inc.
- Method for connecting ferritic with austenitic steel pipes26 Sep 2024US 2024/0316684 A1Linde Aktiengesellschaft
- Cladded article with clad layer having varying thickness2 May 2024US 2024/0140069 A1DMC Global Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stainless steel liner in oil well pipe144US 4,026,583 AHydril Company · 1977
- Tube repairs113US 4,205,422 AYorkshire Imperial Metals Limited · 1980
- Explosion-welded pipe joint113US 4,981,250 AExploweld AB · 1991
- Method of making reactive multilayer foil and resulting product95US 6,534,194 B2The Johns Hopkins University · 2003
- Pulsed laser microfabrication83US 4,752,455 AKMS Fusion, Inc. · 1988