B23K 20/122
Using a non-consumable tool
Official title: {using a non-consumable tool, e.g. friction stir welding}
B23K20/122 (Using a non-consumable tool) appears on 1,323 US grants and 1,721 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 1,323
- Published applications
- 1,721
- Assignees
- 481
- Inventors
- 2,422
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2025 | 78 | 66 |
| 2026 | 42 | 60 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23K 20/1245Characterised by the apparatus738
- B23K 20/123Controlling or monitoring the welding process333
- B23K 20/1265Non-butt welded joints310
- B23K 20/128Making use of additional material140
- B23K 20/1225Particular aspects of welding with a non-consumable tool116
- B23K 20/127Friction stir welding involving a mechanical connection94
- B23K 20/1275Involving metallurgical change66
Recent patents
- Pressing device for fixing workpiece onto worktable6 Oct 2026US 12,752,367 B2ABB Schweiz AG
- Tank, in particular for a liquid hydrogen reservoir, provided with at least one dome fixed by way of an outer welded joint6 Oct 2026US 12,753,882 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Friction stir tool control method and friction stir device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,335 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Deposition head for friction stir additive manufacturing devices and methods15 Sep 2026US 12,734,604 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Composite brake disc, preparation method thereof and friction stir tool15 Sep 2026US 12,736,098 B2Crrc Qishuyan Institute Co., Ltd.
- Friction stir welded joint1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295715 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Friction joining device and friction joining method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295716 A1Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Welded body, method for friction stir spot welding, and device for friction stir spot welding1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295717 A1Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ultrasonic Assisted Additive Friction Stir Deposition24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284774 A1University of Kentucky Research Foundation
- Tooling for additive friction stir deposition24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284775 A1University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Friction welding329US 5,460,317 AThe Welding Institute · 1995
- Method and apparatus for in-process sensing of manufacturing quality163US 6,857,553 B1The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 2005
- Friction stir welding160US 5,794,835 AThe Boeing Company · 1998
- Friction stir welding tool for welding variable thickness workpieces152US 5,718,366 AThe Boeing Company · 1998
- Friction stir welding152US 5,813,592 AThe Welding Institute · 1998