B23P 6/04
Repairing fractures or cracked metal parts or products
Official title: Repairing fractures or cracked metal parts or products, e.g. castings
B23P6/04 (Repairing fractures or cracked metal parts or products) appears on 374 US grants and 366 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23P- Granted patents
- 374
- Published applications
- 366
- Assignees
- 156
- Inventors
- 782
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 | 12 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14 |
| 2014 | 11 | 25 |
| 2015 | 16 | 34 |
| 2016 | 16 | 22 |
| 2017 | 16 | 37 |
| 2018 | 20 | 27 |
| 2019 | 27 | 25 |
| 2020 | 21 | 22 |
| 2021 | 25 | 14 |
| 2022 | 21 | 22 |
| 2023 | 15 | 14 |
| 2024 | 28 | 12 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 |
| 2026 | 9 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Forming aperture(s) in component using scaled CT scan data29 Sep 2026US 12,746,627 B2Rtx Corporation
- Method of restoring alloy depletion in an airfoil around cooling holes22 Sep 2026US 12,742,391 B2Rtx Corporation
- Metal coupon with porous stress-relief section and component with same15 Sep 2026US 12,735,986 B2GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Method for removing dousing tank of heavy water reactor structure11 Aug 2026US 12,706,226 B2Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
- System and method for repair of breach in exterior secondary containment wall of double wall underground storage tank without excavation21 Jul 2026US 12,686,085 B1Poly Lining Systems, Inc.
- Repair method and method for manufacturing combustion cylinder30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218910 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Adaptive blending system and method for removing residual stress in turbine engine component25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176972 A1Rtx Corporation
- Method and apparatus for friction-based repair of leak paths in die-cast parts28 May 2026US 2026/0145264 A1Spartan Light Metal Products, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for friction-based repair of die casting defects28 May 2026US 2026/0145282 A1Spartan Light Metal Products, Inc.
- Forming aperture(s) in component using scaled ct scan data14 May 2026US 2026/0131408 A1Rtx Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for repairing cracks194US 5,499,892 ALock-N-Stitch International · 1996
- Method of healing cracks and flaws in a previously sintered cemented carbide tools95US 5,186,892 AUS Synthetic Corporation · 1993
- Thread repair insert75US 6,261,039 B12001
- Laser shock peening for gas turbine engine weld repair62US 5,846,057 AGeneral Electric Company · 1998
- High temperature braze repair of superalloys58US 4,285,459 AChromalloy American Corporation · 1981