B23K 9/285
Cooled electrode holders
Official title: {Cooled electrode holders}
B23K9/285 (Cooled electrode holders) appears on 114 US grants and 97 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 114
- Published applications
- 97
- Assignees
- 55
- Inventors
- 208
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 14 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Life-extended electrode used in liquid-cooled plasma arc cutting torches6 Oct 2026US 12,752,362 B2
- Jacket for a cartridge of a liquid-cooled plasma arc torch21 Oct 2025US 12,447,548 B2Hypertherm, Inc.
- Welder torch body8 Jul 2025US 12,350,770 B2The ESAB Group, Inc.
- Rotating arc welding torch10 Jun 2025US 12,325,096 B2
- TIG welding torch4 Mar 2025US 12,240,065 B2Jinan Uniarc Welding Technology Limited
- Jacket for a cartridge of a liquid-cooled plasma arc torch15 Jan 2026US 2026/0014637 A1Hypertherm, Inc.
- Coolant flow connections for cooling systems30 Oct 2025US 2025/0332666 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Welding torches having dual power cables29 May 2025US 2025/0170668 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Welding torches having integrated cables1 May 2025US 2025/0135571 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Tig welding electrode sleeve27 Mar 2025US 2025/0100066 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Liquid-cooled welding torch assembly73US 6,078,023 A2000
- Torch for preheating a continuously fed welding wire63US 4,667,083 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1987
- Curved nozzle welding gun62US 4,158,763 A1979
- Water cooled semi-automatic welding gun61US 4,864,099 ATweco Products, Inc. · 1989
- Burner head of an electric arc welding or cutting burner with contact nozzle supported in positive fit59US 6,657,162 B1Alexander Binzel Schweisstechnik GmbH & Co. KG · 2003