B23K 26/106
Inside the workpiece
Official title: {inside the workpiece}
B23K26/106 (Inside the workpiece) appears on 77 US grants and 61 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 61
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser welding of a sleeve within a tube38US 4,694,136 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1987
- Method and apparatus for repairing damaged tubes37US 5,430,270 AElectric Power Research Institute, Inc. · 1995
- Laser beam welding apparatus for an inner circumferential surface of a tube35US 4,839,495 AMitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989
- Rotating apparatus for repairing damaged tubes28US 5,514,849 AElectric Power Research Institute, Inc. · 1996
- Reflecting mirror for a laser beam and laser beam welding apparatus, including the same laser beam reflecting mirror27US 5,097,110 AMitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992