B23K 20/129
Specially adapted for particular articles or work
Official title: {specially adapted for particular articles or work}
B23K20/129 (Specially adapted for particular articles or work) appears on 672 US grants and 742 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 672
- Published applications
- 742
- Assignees
- 410
- Inventors
- 1,646
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 4 |
| 2002 | 10 | 19 |
| 2003 | 19 | 21 |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 |
| 2005 | 9 | 11 |
| 2006 | 9 | 20 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10 |
| 2008 | 9 | 22 |
| 2009 | 4 | 25 |
| 2010 | 21 | 27 |
| 2011 | 18 | 28 |
| 2012 | 17 | 24 |
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| 2018 | 50 | 58 |
| 2019 | 34 | 44 |
| 2020 | 41 | 37 |
| 2021 | 35 | 33 |
| 2022 | 26 | 27 |
| 2023 | 17 | 20 |
| 2024 | 22 | 27 |
| 2025 | 24 | 16 |
| 2026 | 13 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Solid-state joining method, solid-state joined joint, solid-state joined structure, and solid-state joining device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,616 B2Osaka University
- Friction element welding method25 Aug 2026US 12,715,062 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- Welded joint arrangement for cooled power transmission18 Aug 2026US 12,712,290 B2
- Friction element welding method21 Jul 2026US 12,686,073 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- Bi-metal impeller rotor23 Jun 2026US 12,663,014 B1Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Method and device for non-destructively testing a connection point in a component assembly3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259157 A1EJOT GmbH & Co. KG
- Additively manufactured parts and structures with fins and methods of manufacturing the same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225177 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Friction element welding method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200006 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Friction element welding method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200007 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Friction element welding method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183865 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Friction welding329US 5,460,317 AThe Welding Institute · 1995
- Friction stir welding fastener139US 9,555,580 B1Temper IP, LLC · 2017
- Method to repair voids in aluminum alloys135US 5,975,406 AThe Boeing Company · 1999
- Contact backup roller approach to FSW process105US 6,070,784 AThe Boeing Company · 2000
- Object consolidation through sequential material deposition104US 6,814,823 B1Solidica, Inc. · 2004