B23K 5/02
Seam welding
B23K5/02 (Seam welding) appears on 25 US grants and 22 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 25
- Published applications
- 22
- Assignees
- 21
- Inventors
- 75
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23K 5/08Welding circumferential seams10
- B23K 5/06Welding longitudinal seams5
- B23K 5/023Of horizontal seams in assembling vertical plates, a welding unit being adapted1
- B23K 5/026Of non-horizontal seams in assembling non-horizontal plates1
- B23K 5/04Using additional profiled strips or the like of welding metal along seam0
Recent patents
- Nuclear waste storage canisters and method of fabricating the same10 Mar 2026US 12,573,515 B2Holtec International
- Methods and systems for support of low-power operation in training modes in welding machines13 May 2025US 12,296,415 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Methods and systems for monitoring a temperature of a component during a welding operation3 Sep 2024US 12,076,812 B2BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.
- Nuclear waste storage canisters and method of fabricating the same30 Jul 2024US 12,051,517 B2Holtec International
- Nuclear waste storage canisters, welds, and method of fabricating the same29 Nov 2022US 11,515,056 B2Holtec International
- Methods and systems for support of low-power operation in training modes in welding machines11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375830 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Nuclear waste storage canisters and method of fabricating the same21 Nov 2024US 2024/0387067 A1Holtec International
- Methods of ultrasound assisted welding10 Oct 2024US 2024/0335902 A1
- Nuclear waste storage canisters and method of fabricating the same11 Jan 2024US 2024/0013944 A9Holtec International
- Nuclear waste storage canisters and method of fabricating the same13 Apr 2023US 2023/0110615 A1Holtec International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magnetic wheel guided carriage with positioning arm96US 5,853,655 A1998
- Method for fabricating tapered tubing24US 4,082,211 A1978
- Means for fabricating tapered tubing15US 3,997,097 A1976
- Support for welding head carriage10US 3,935,985 AB S L (Bignier Schmid-Laurent) · 1976
- Radioactive material storage canister10US 9,779,843 B2Holtec International · 2017