B23K 37/0533
External pipe alignment clamps
B23K37/0533 (External pipe alignment clamps) appears on 285 US grants and 239 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 285
- Published applications
- 239
- Assignees
- 140
- Inventors
- 481
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 11 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 14 |
| 2025 | 16 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and methods for use in welding55US 4,356,615 A1982
- Apparatus and method for axially aligning straight or curved conduits55US 5,165,160 A1992
- Apparatus for working on a tube portion using a laser beam, and use thereof on pipe tubes on a marine pipe-laying or pipe recovery barge52US 5,986,236 ABouygues Offshore · 1999
- Pipe welding alignment tool49US 4,750,662 ALarry and Associates · 1988
- Method and device for welding pipes44US 6,840,433 B2Vermaat Technics B.V. · 2005