B23K 9/321
Protecting means
Official title: {Protecting means}
B23K9/321 (Protecting means) appears on 163 US grants and 239 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 239
- Assignees
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- Inventors
- 310
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2022 | 13 | 13 |
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| 2024 | 15 | 10 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 |
| 2026 | 8 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Welding information providing apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,363 B2Otos Wing Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods to control welding processes using weld pool attributes8 Sep 2026US 12,728,473 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Welding information providing apparatus23 Jun 2026US 12,661,269 B2Otos Wing Co., Ltd.
- Welding image processing method and device therefor16 Jun 2026US 12,659,578 B2Otos Wing Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods to configure a robotic welding system24 Feb 2026US 12,558,789 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Welding protection device, welding system, position adjustment method, and welding method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175312 A1Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
- Fume mitigation systems and methods for arc welding systems14 May 2026US 2026/0131394 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Heat protecting shield and arrangement in connection with welding torch23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108973 A1Kemppi Oy
- Component such as a wearing part for an arc torch, in particular a plasma burner or plasma cutting torch, arc torch comprising same, and method of plasma cutting2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091442 A1Kjellberg-Stiftung
- Printing head, wire feeder system, and mobile innovative wire-arc additive manufacturing (mobile i-waam) apparatus29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027639 A1Dreamweldtech Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Data display on a welding screen228US 6,734,393 B1Fronius International GmbH · 2004
- Tip-to-work distance communication system for a welding mask135US 8,316,462 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2012
- Weld characteristic communication system for a welding mask107US 7,962,967 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2011
- Video recording device for a welder's helmet103US 8,502,866 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2013
- Welding helmet with integral user interface69US 8,569,655 B2Lincoln Global.Inc. · 2013