B23K 20/106
Features related to sonotrodes
Official title: {Features related to sonotrodes}
B23K20/106 (Features related to sonotrodes) appears on 437 US grants and 440 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 437
- Published applications
- 440
- Assignees
- 217
- Inventors
- 865
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for joining and repair using ultrasonic additive manufacturing with a contoured sonotrode6 Oct 2026US 12,752,366 B2Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Manufacturing method of secondary battery and secondary battery8 Sep 2026US 12,728,476 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Apparatus and method of manufacturing a display device8 Sep 2026US 12,733,104 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasonic welding method and ultrasonic welding part1 Sep 2026US 12,725,993 B2Schunk Sonosystems GmbH
- Converter for an ultrasonic welding device having increased arc resistance11 Aug 2026US 12,703,004 B2Branson Ultrasonics Corporation
- Ultrasonic welding systems for welding a conductive pin to a workpiece, and related power modules24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284773 A1Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
- Welding device and electrode assembly manufactured using the welding device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249382 A1Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- Welding machine27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249383 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Cooling methods for ultrasonic forming and bonding of polymeric webs13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233198 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Methods of processing wedge bonding tools30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216816 A1Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bond capillary design for ribbon wire bonding111US 7,578,422 B2Texas Instruments Incorporated · 2009
- Ultrasonic flip chip bonding process and apparatus105US 5,669,545 AFord Motor Company · 1997
- Semiconductor inner lead bonding tool98US 5,390,844 ATessera, Inc. · 1995
- Mounting method and mounting apparatus for electronic part83US 6,543,668 B1Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Ultrasonic impact machining of body surfaces to correct defects and strengthen work surfaces72US 6,932,876 B1U.I.T., L.L.C. · 2005