B23K 35/002
At least one of the workpieces being of light metal
Official title: {at least one of the workpieces being of light metal}
B23K35/002 (At least one of the workpieces being of light metal) appears on 177 US grants and 128 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 177
- Published applications
- 128
- Assignees
- 144
- Inventors
- 395
- Latest grant
- 2 Dec 2025
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| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for additive friction stir manufactured transition joint2 Dec 2025US 12,486,872 B2DMC Global Inc.
- Metal jointed body, semiconductor device, wave guide tube, and method for joining members to be joined9 Sep 2025US 12,412,861 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Strip of aluminium alloy for manufacturing brazed heat exchangers15 Jul 2025US 12,359,285 B2Constellium Neuf-Brisach
- Method and apparatus for additive friction stir manufactured transition joint6 Aug 2024US 12,055,186 B2DMC Global Inc.
- Laminate including aluminum sheets23 Jul 2024US 12,042,884 B2Material Sciences Corporation
- High recycle content aluminum alloys, aluminum alloy products, and methods of producing a brazed product13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234758 A1Novelis Koblenz GmbH
- Regulation layer for dissimilar metal friction welding interface and aluminum-steel friction welding method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200016 A1Nanchang Hangkong University
- Method and apparatus for additive friction stir manufactured transition joint17 Oct 2024US 2024/0344567 A1DMC Global Inc.
- Multi-process alloy clad23 Nov 2023US 2023/0373190 A1
- Metal jointed body, semiconductor device, wave guide tube, and method for joining members to be joined23 Feb 2023US 2023/0054798 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for bonding using laser induced heat and pressure79US 4,684,781 APhysical Sciences, Inc. · 1987
- Process for lap joining two kinds of metallic members having different melting points60US 6,037,559 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Process for welding nickel-based superalloys57US 4,804,815 AQuantum Laser Corporation · 1989
- Transient liquid phase ceramic bonding43US 5,372,298 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1994
- Diffusion bonding of copper sputtering targets to backing plates using nickel alloy interlayers43US 6,619,537 B1Tosoh SMD, Inc. · 2003