B23P 15/26
Heat exchangers or the like
Official title: heat exchangers {or the like (making heat exchangers by methods covered by other subclasses B21D53/02)}
B23P15/26 (Heat exchangers or the like) appears on 1,575 US grants and 1,850 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23P- Granted patents
- 1,575
- Published applications
- 1,850
- Assignees
- 855
- Inventors
- 3,642
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 5 |
| 2002 | 20 | 23 |
| 2003 | 12 | 9 |
| 2004 | 10 | 19 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9 |
| 2006 | 5 | 29 |
| 2007 | 4 | 30 |
| 2008 | 10 | 21 |
| 2009 | 13 | 44 |
| 2010 | 10 | 33 |
| 2011 | 10 | 31 |
| 2012 | 13 | 33 |
| 2013 | 32 | 134 |
| 2014 | 39 | 170 |
| 2015 | 89 | 231 |
| 2016 | 107 | 207 |
| 2017 | 125 | 126 |
| 2018 | 142 | 116 |
| 2019 | 136 | 122 |
| 2020 | 106 | 98 |
| 2021 | 84 | 87 |
| 2022 | 83 | 69 |
| 2023 | 85 | 66 |
| 2024 | 60 | 58 |
| 2025 | 52 | 48 |
| 2026 | 27 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Heat exchanger manufacturing device and manufacturing method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,381 B2Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Interlocking plate heat exchanger22 Sep 2026US 12,741,309 B2Rtx Corporation
- Manufacturing device and manufacturing method for heat exchanger and transport carriage used for manufacturing device8 Sep 2026US 12,728,487 B2Daikin Industires, Ltd.
- Sanitary evaporator assembly1 Sep 2026US 12,723,795 B2True Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Data centre and method of making the same11 Aug 2026US 12,707,588 B2Bripco Bvba
- Devices for attaching a wick plug to a wick10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264181 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Pulsating heat pipe module comprising separable flow path plates and manufacturing method thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241497 A1Jnc Materials Co., Ltd
- Evaporative cooling pad for an air treatment unit30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218923 A1Munters Europe Aktiebolag
- Method for manufacturing an intercell cooling element with swelling compensation30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221537 A1Audi AG
- Method for Producing a Folded Flat Tube23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208279 A1Mahle International GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of making microchanneled heat exchangers utilizing sacrificial cores156US 5,317,805 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1994
- Thermal management systems and methods148US 8,887,515 B2Pelican BioPharma, LLC · 2014
- Compressor diagnostic and protection system121US 7,412,842 B2Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. · 2008
- Vacuum panel cabinet structure for a refrigerator116US 8,944,541 B2Whirlpool Corporation · 2015
- Low vibration cryocooled system for low temperature microscopy and spectroscopy applications108US 8,746,008 B1Montana Instruments Corporation · 2014