B23K 37/04
Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by
Official title: for holding or positioning work
B23K37/04 (Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by) appears on 2,745 US grants and 2,814 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 55 | 0 |
| 2000 | 58 | 0 |
| 2001 | 56 | 15 |
| 2002 | 53 | 44 |
| 2003 | 50 | 29 |
| 2004 | 29 | 54 |
| 2005 | 32 | 78 |
| 2006 | 36 | 74 |
| 2007 | 29 | 39 |
| 2008 | 31 | 69 |
| 2009 | 28 | 67 |
| 2010 | 54 | 87 |
| 2011 | 36 | 69 |
| 2012 | 63 | 70 |
| 2013 | 72 | 100 |
| 2014 | 60 | 94 |
| 2015 | 92 | 145 |
| 2016 | 85 | 123 |
| 2017 | 113 | 140 |
| 2018 | 84 | 155 |
| 2019 | 118 | 176 |
| 2020 | 155 | 180 |
| 2021 | 133 | 186 |
| 2022 | 138 | 176 |
| 2023 | 138 | 189 |
| 2024 | 131 | 180 |
| 2025 | 149 | 150 |
| 2026 | 74 | 125 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Battery assembly assembling method, clamp and welding device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,698 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Joining apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,609 B2Tazmo Co., Ltd.
- Electromagnetic nut feeding gun8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307181 A1Shenzhen Shenlichang Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Mounting pin holders using a laser welding process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307182 A1Shenzhen STS Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
- Welding apparatus and method for manufacturing power storage device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295729 A1Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
- Device and method for welding half sheets to form a bipolar plate1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295738 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- System and method for linear solid state welding1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295739 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device472US 10,103,040 B1ASM IP Holding B. V. · 2018
- Fiber-optic beam delivery system for wafer edge processing343US 8,415,587 B2UVTech Systems, Inc. · 2013
- Stacked chip process carrier226US 6,279,815 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2001
- Stent forming apparatus with stent deforming blades181US 5,906,759 AMedinol Ltd. · 1999
- Device and method for simulating a welding process147US 8,777,629 B2Fronius International GmbH · 2014