B23K 20/1255
Tools therefor
Official title: {Tools therefor, e.g. characterised by the shape of the probe}
B23K20/1255 (Tools therefor) appears on 379 US grants and 518 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 379
- Published applications
- 518
- Assignees
- 182
- Inventors
- 783
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 19 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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
- Bonding device and bonding method for friction stir bonding and resistance welding14 Jul 2026US 12,678,885 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Element, method of friction element welding, and method of manufacturing friction-element-welded joint16 Jun 2026US 12,654,252 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- 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
- Friction stir spot welding device and method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284778 A1Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Friction stir welding tool10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264167 A1Gühring KG
- Rotating tool, joining device, and joining method6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225178 A1Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
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 welding152US 5,813,592 AThe Welding Institute · 1998
- Friction stir welding fastener139US 9,555,580 B1Temper IP, LLC · 2017
- Welding head88US 6,199,745 B1MTS Systems Corporation · 2001