B23K 9/127
Means for tracking lines during arc welding or cutting
B23K9/127 (Means for tracking lines during arc welding or cutting) appears on 364 US grants and 262 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Control method for portable welding robot, welding control device, portable welding robot, and welding system22 Sep 2026US 12,741,333 B2Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Weld-line generating apparatus, method for generating weld line, and program for generating weld line25 Aug 2026US 12,715,059 B2Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Repair welding device and repair welding method11 Aug 2026US 12,703,049 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Offline teaching device and offline teaching method11 Aug 2026US 12,703,091 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Welding assistance method for a robot device4 Aug 2026US 12,697,672 B2Weez-U Welding
- Real time feedback and dynamic adjustment for welding robots6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225243 A1Path Robotics, Inc.
- Welding control method, welding system, and welding control program30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216809 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
- Multi-Layer Multi-Pass Welding Method and Apparatus, and Processor and Welding System30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216810 A1Beijing Botsing Technology Co.,Ltd.
- Method and system for automatically generating a weld plan for a (semi-)unique work piece30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216811 A1Kranendonk Beheersmaatschappij B.V.
- Method for Controlling Welding Apparatus, Controller, and Welding System30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216819 A1Beijing Botsing Technology Co.,Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vision processing method and device for welding line auto-tracking177US 6,049,059 ASamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Body motion training and qualification system and method168US 8,512,043 B2123 Certification, Inc. · 2013
- Method for automatic multi-layer welding166US 6,155,475 AEsab AB · 2000
- Method and apparatus for automatically controlling arc welding140US 4,280,137 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1981
- Method and device for calibrating a sensor on an industrial robot133US 4,815,006 AASEA Aktiebolag · 1989