B23K 26/346
In combination with welding or cutting covered by groups b23k5/00 - b23k25/00
Official title: in combination with welding or cutting covered by groups B23K5/00 - B23K25/00, e.g. in combination with resistance welding
B23K26/346 (In combination with welding or cutting covered by groups b23k5/00 - b23k25/00) appears on 239 US grants and 311 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 239
- Published applications
- 311
- Assignees
- 179
- Inventors
- 689
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2021 | 12 | 14 |
| 2022 | 11 | 15 |
| 2023 | 10 | 17 |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 17 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods for preparation of sheets to be used for fabrication of a welded steel blank and fabricating a welded blank18 Aug 2026US 12,708,962 B2ArcelorMittal
- Lap fillet weld joint, production method thereof and member with closed cross section13 Jan 2026US 12,523,246 B2Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Method of detecting center coordinates of spot welding mark, laser welding method, and bonding method6 Jan 2026US 12,515,277 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- TIG welding system9 Dec 2025US 12,491,574 B2Lincoln Global.Inc.
- Plasma arc-laser hybrid welding method for high-sealing aluminum alloy rectangular chamber9 Dec 2025US 12,491,578 B2Shenyang Fortune Precision Equipment Co., Ltd
- Vehicle member assembly and method for manufacturing the same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284809 A1Magna International Inc.
- In-Situ Nanoparticle-Reinforced Aluminum-Based Welding Wire, and Preparation Method and Welding Method Thereof2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183870 A1Jiangsu University
- Method and arrangement for building metallic objects by solid freeform fabrication23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108969 A1Norsk Titanium AS
- Apparatus and related methods for repairing machine parts using a hybrid pre-heating system26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084211 A1Rtx Corporation
- Welded joint and production method therefor12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070144 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
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