B23K 26/042
Automatically aligning the laser beam
B23K26/042 (Automatically aligning the laser beam) appears on 542 US grants and 555 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Laser machining apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,369 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Laser welding apparatus and method of controlling the same8 Sep 2026US 12,728,480 B2SK On Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for cutting opening from workpiece25 Aug 2026US 12,715,064 B2ABB Schweiz AG
- Laser devices including beam position calibrator and method for irradiating laser by using the same25 Aug 2026US 12,715,065 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- System and method for aligning laser beam with filler wire for laser joining18 Aug 2026US 12,708,957 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Systems and methods for laser processing and optical inspection1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295719 A1Orbotech Ltd.
- Uv laser marker17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273653 A1Keyence Corporation
- System And Method For High Power Diode Based Additive Manufacturing17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273840 A1Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Processing system and measurement system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249387 A1Nikon Corporation
- Laser soldering apparatus having adjustable soldering position and soldering method comprising same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241473 A1Laservall Technology Co., Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of, and apparatus for, surgery of the cornea329US 6,210,401 B12001
- Laser system and method for single press micromachining of multilayer workpieces267US 6,407,363 B2Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. · 2002
- Laser marking system147US 5,932,119 ALazare Kaplan International, Inc. · 1999
- Passivation processing over a memory link145US 6,887,804 B2Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. · 2005
- UV laser system and method for single pulse severing of IC fuses135US 6,593,542 B2Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. · 2003