B23K 9/1006
Power supply
Official title: {Power supply}
B23K9/1006 (Power supply) appears on 1,368 US grants and 1,499 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 1,368
- Published applications
- 1,499
- Assignees
- 214
- Inventors
- 1,342
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 60 | 59 |
| 2024 | 76 | 53 |
| 2025 | 75 | 51 |
| 2026 | 29 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Single phase input detection and power source protection6 Oct 2026US 12,752,361 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Portable battery-pack powered welder with wireless communication22 Sep 2026US 12,741,332 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Method for limiting the welding power of a welding device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,600 B2Fronius International GmbH
- Systems and methods to control welding processes using weld pool attributes8 Sep 2026US 12,728,473 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Hotwire deposition material processing system and method18 Aug 2026US 12,708,963 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- System and method for adjusting welding signals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307162 A1Lincoln Global.Inc.
- Additive manufacturing system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295704 A1DAIHEN Corporation
- Manipulation of resonant elements in switching power supplies10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264160 A1The ESAB Group, Inc.
- Manipulation of resonant elements in switching power supplies10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264161 A1The ESAB Group, Inc.
- Fillet welding method, feeding control method, power supply, and fillet welding system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241475 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method providing distributed welding architecture356US 6,624,388 B1The Lincoln Electric Company · 2003
- Controller for permanent magnet generator155US 5,625,276 AColeman Powermate, Inc. · 1997
- Self-contained locking trigger assembly and systems which incorporate the assembly151US 6,987,244 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2006
- Coded welding consumable150US 7,032,814 B2Lincoln Global.Inc. · 2006
- Method for controlling a welding apparatus and corresponding control device141US 6,476,354 B1Fronius Schweissmaschinen Produktion GmbH & Co. KG · 2002