B23K 9/1336
Driving means
Official title: {Driving means}
B23K9/1336 (Driving means) appears on 278 US grants and 286 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 278
- Published applications
- 286
- Assignees
- 113
- Inventors
- 513
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 19 |
| 2006 | 7 | 20 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 13 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13 |
| 2013 | 9 | 10 |
| 2014 | 8 | 24 |
| 2015 | 13 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10 | 9 |
| 2017 | 14 | 18 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 |
| 2019 | 12 | 22 |
| 2020 | 11 | 10 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14 |
| 2022 | 15 | 12 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 13 | 11 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10 |
| 2026 | 5 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Welding system with support base23 Jun 2026US 12,661,733 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Wire spool clutch16 Jun 2026US 12,654,249 B2Lincoln Global.Inc.
- Orientation and guide mechanism for non-circular weld wire24 Mar 2026US 12,583,049 B2EL Cooper Properties LLC
- Surface modification of welding wire drive rolls24 Mar 2026US 12,583,058 B2Lincoln Global.Inc.
- Arc welding torch17 Feb 2026US 12,551,964 B2Sks Welding Systems GmbH
- Portable welding wire feeders and separable wire sources8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307164 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Welding system with support base1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295708 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Apparatus for supplying welding filler material during joining of strip ends using welding technology1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295709 A1Fritz Orbke Baustoffgrosshandlung GmbH
- Control system for coordinated feeding of welding wire in a push-pull motor system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284769 A1
- Push-pull motor speed control24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284771 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for assessing weld quality196US 6,236,017 B1Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC · 2001
- Welding wire feed mechanism77US 6,568,578 B1M. K. Products, Inc. · 2003
- Portable welding wire feeder and housing73US 6,479,795 B1Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for joining components with multiple filler materials62US 5,714,735 AGeneral Electric Company · 1998
- Drive roller for wire feeding mechanism54US 6,557,742 B1Lincoln Global.Inc. · 2003