B23K 20/123
Controlling or monitoring the welding process
Official title: {Controlling or monitoring the welding process}
B23K20/123 (Controlling or monitoring the welding process) appears on 333 US grants and 432 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 10 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 13 |
| 2003 | 10 | 16 |
| 2004 | 16 | 28 |
| 2005 | 14 | 17 |
| 2006 | 13 | 16 |
| 2007 | 10 | 7 |
| 2008 | 7 | 12 |
| 2009 | 9 | 15 |
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| 2011 | 10 | 9 |
| 2012 | 8 | 15 |
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| 2014 | 11 | 26 |
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| 2017 | 10 | 17 |
| 2018 | 14 | 25 |
| 2019 | 16 | 18 |
| 2020 | 13 | 26 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 |
| 2022 | 19 | 17 |
| 2023 | 15 | 18 |
| 2024 | 16 | 24 |
| 2025 | 25 | 24 |
| 2026 | 9 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Friction stir tool control method and friction stir device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,335 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Combined machining apparatus, method to perform cutting and friction stir welding, and computer readable storage medium30 Jun 2026US 12,667,907 B2Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
- Friction stir welding tool and welding method26 May 2026US 12,636,728 B2The Boeing Company
- Solid-phase molding processing method19 May 2026US 12,629,769 B2
- Method for manufacturing joined body, and joining device12 May 2026US 12,623,300 B2Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
- Welded body, method for friction stir spot welding, and device for friction stir spot welding1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295717 A1Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Machine tool implementing a friction stir welding method, working method thereof and friction stir welding tool24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284776 A1Comau France
- Rotating tool, joining device, and joining method6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225178 A1Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
- Small-scale solid-state additive manufacturing tools and designs30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216817 A1Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Tailor welded blank, and tailor welded blank production method and tailor welded blank production apparatus30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216818 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Apparatus and method for forming weld joints having compressive residual stress patterns135US 6,926,970 B2Lambda Research, Inc. · 2005
- Auto-adjustable pin tool for friction stir welding109US 5,893,507 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1999
- Programmable friction stir welding process107US 5,713,507 ARockwell International Corporation · 1998
- Friction stir welding with roller stops for controlling weld depth102US 5,971,247 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 1999