B23K 26/1464
Supply to, or discharge from, nozzles of media
Official title: {Supply to, or discharge from, nozzles of media, e.g. gas, powder, wire}
B23K26/1464 (Supply to, or discharge from, nozzles of media) appears on 730 US grants and 879 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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| 2024 | 51 | 49 |
| 2025 | 38 | 35 |
| 2026 | 18 | 24 |
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
- Lens assembly and laser welding head15 Sep 2026US 12,734,607 B2Gangchun Laser Technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
- High power laser tunneling mining and construction equipment and methods of use25 Aug 2026US 12,715,063 B2Foro Energy, Inc.
- Additive manufacturing system with gas flow head25 Aug 2026US 12,715,072 B2VulcanForms Inc.
- Three-dimensional additive manufacturing device, control method, and program18 Aug 2026US 12,708,941 B2Nidec Machine Tool Corporation
- Welding apparatus and method for manufacturing power storage device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295729 A1Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
- Device for generating an air flow to protect the protective glass of a laser optic of a laser-hybrid welding head and laser-hybrid welding head with such a device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273659 A1Fronius International GmbH
- Laser processing device, laser processing method, and recovery mechanism27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249389 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Laser cutting nozzle27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249391 A1Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Laser metal deposition device with wire force detection by a multi-axis force sensor and method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249394 A1Procada AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for direct laser cutting of metal stents552US 5,780,807 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Laser production of articles from powders454US 5,837,960 AThe Regents of the University of California · 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 system for producing complex-shape objects271US 6,046,426 ASandia Corporation · 2000