B23K 20/1245
Characterised by the apparatus
Official title: {characterised by the apparatus}
B23K20/1245 (Characterised by the apparatus) appears on 738 US grants and 922 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 738
- Published applications
- 922
- Assignees
- 282
- Inventors
- 1,277
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 11 |
| 2002 | 13 | 25 |
| 2003 | 19 | 15 |
| 2004 | 21 | 35 |
| 2005 | 15 | 30 |
| 2006 | 23 | 46 |
| 2007 | 15 | 28 |
| 2008 | 24 | 26 |
| 2009 | 16 | 37 |
| 2010 | 42 | 32 |
| 2011 | 30 | 22 |
| 2012 | 19 | 29 |
| 2013 | 21 | 33 |
| 2014 | 22 | 52 |
| 2015 | 38 | 40 |
| 2016 | 30 | 36 |
| 2017 | 28 | 48 |
| 2018 | 33 | 38 |
| 2019 | 32 | 37 |
| 2020 | 29 | 47 |
| 2021 | 32 | 50 |
| 2022 | 45 | 36 |
| 2023 | 32 | 33 |
| 2024 | 40 | 52 |
| 2025 | 52 | 48 |
| 2026 | 27 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pressing device for fixing workpiece onto worktable6 Oct 2026US 12,752,367 B2ABB Schweiz AG
- 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
- Joining method, joined body, and joining device8 Sep 2026US 12,728,602 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Friction stir welding method and device, as well as workpiece comprising a butt weld seam4 Aug 2026US 12,697,677 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Friction joining device and friction joining method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295716 A1Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd.
- 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
- Machine tool implementing a friction stir welding method, working method thereof and friction stir welding tool24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284776 A1Comau France
- Method for bonding24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284777 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Most cited
By later US patents
- Friction welding329US 5,460,317 AThe Welding Institute · 1995
- 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
- Friction stir welding method, frame members used therein, and product formed thereby151US 6,050,474 AHitachi, Ltd. · 2000