B23K 26/1438
For directional control
Official title: {for directional control}
B23K26/1438 (For directional control) appears on 109 US grants and 95 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 109
- Published applications
- 95
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 343
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 13 |
| 2003 | 8 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 9 |
| 2020 | 4 | 9 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3 |
| 2023 | 7 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Additive manufacturing system with gas flow head25 Aug 2026US 12,715,072 B2VulcanForms Inc.
- Gas assistance device for laser welding and laser welding system8 Apr 2025US 12,269,120 B2Trumpf (China) Co., Ltd.
- Method of selective laser solidification9 Jul 2024US 12,030,245 B2Renishaw PLC
- Exhaust manifold for additive manufacturing31 Oct 2023US 11,802,714 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Solidification refinement and general phase transformation control through application of in situ gas jet impingement in metal additive manufacturing12 Sep 2023US 11,752,547 B2Norsk Titanium AS
- Laser-supported disassembling of a battery arrangement27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249397 A1TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
- Battery module including multiple parallel battery cells19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048450 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Hood for laser device, laser processing device, and laser processing method29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027651 A1Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Air curtain apparatus and wafer cutter including the same13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345882 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Splash-guard device and laser welding apparatus equipped therewith13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345886 A1GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for direct laser cutting of metal stents552US 5,780,807 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Method and apparatus for direct laser cutting of metal stents361US 5,759,192 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Eye surgical instrument304US 3,982,541 A1976
- Method and apparatus for direct laser cutting of metal stents161US 6,131,266 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Photoreactive surface processing160US 5,669,979 AUVTech Systems, Inc. · 1997