B23K 26/037
By pressing on the workpiece
Official title: {by pressing on the workpiece, e.g. using a pressing roller foot}
B23K26/037 (By pressing on the workpiece) appears on 129 US grants and 137 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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