B23K 2101/06
Tubes
B23K2101/06 (Tubes) appears on 1,240 US grants and 1,369 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 1,240
- Published applications
- 1,369
- Assignees
- 804
- Inventors
- 3,198
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 11 |
| 2002 | 33 | 32 |
| 2003 | 31 | 28 |
| 2004 | 30 | 38 |
| 2005 | 35 | 49 |
| 2006 | 20 | 51 |
| 2007 | 22 | 40 |
| 2008 | 16 | 43 |
| 2009 | 16 | 45 |
| 2010 | 27 | 51 |
| 2011 | 27 | 49 |
| 2012 | 27 | 53 |
| 2013 | 35 | 50 |
| 2014 | 35 | 71 |
| 2015 | 51 | 62 |
| 2016 | 48 | 58 |
| 2017 | 57 | 98 |
| 2018 | 41 | 72 |
| 2019 | 75 | 78 |
| 2020 | 75 | 81 |
| 2021 | 60 | 80 |
| 2022 | 58 | 56 |
| 2023 | 55 | 51 |
| 2024 | 44 | 61 |
| 2025 | 45 | 29 |
| 2026 | 25 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Parallel robotics system and method of induction kinetic hybrid welding processes29 Sep 2026US 12,746,626 B2Spinduction Weld, Inc.
- Method and automatic brazing apparatus for flame brazing control in copper-aluminum welding15 Sep 2026US 12,734,599 B2Shaoxing Daishin Xinrui Brazing Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Electron beam welding appliance11 Aug 2026US 12,703,040 B2Techmeta Engineering SAS
- Nickel-based alloy for manufacturing pipeline tubes16 Jun 2026US 12,655,501 B2Aperam
- Flange fitting for tubular structures9 Jun 2026US 12,649,205 B2Keystone Tower Systems, Inc.
- Steel pipe out-of-roundness prediction method, steel pipe out-of-roundness control method, steel pipe manufacturing method, steel pipe out-of-roundness prediction model generation method, and steel pipe out-of-roundness prediction device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307127 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Seam position detection method, manufacturing method of welded steel pipe, quality control method of welded steel pipe, seam position detection apparatus, and manufacturing equipment of welded steel pipe8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307128 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Fiber preform with weld volumes welding inner preform tubes and an outer preform cladding together, and method of making the same using laser preheating and laser welding steps17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273661 A1Corning Incorporated
- Welding method for bimetal composite pipes for acidic environment10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264158 A1Southwest Petroleum University
- Production method of electric resistance welded steel pipe and electric resistance welded steel pipe27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249378 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for a combined mechanical and metallurgical connection139US 6,419,147 B12002
- Pulsed fiber laser cutting system for medical implants132US 6,521,865 B1Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Device for ultrasonic weld seam testing of longitudinally welded pipes for longitudinal and transversal errors130US 6,931,931 B2Mannesmannrohren-Werke AG · 2005
- Laser cutting of stents and other medical devices128US 6,563,080 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Tank and method of fabrication124US 5,697,511 ABoeing North American, Inc. · 1997