B24B 11/00
Machines or devices designed for grinding spherical surfaces or parts of spherical
Official title: Machines or devices designed for grinding spherical surfaces or parts of spherical surfaces on work; Accessories therefor (specially designed for optical surfaces B24B13/00, for seat surfaces B24B15/00)
B24B11/00 (Machines or devices designed for grinding spherical surfaces or parts of spherical) appears on 135 US grants and 79 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 135
- Published applications
- 79
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 286
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 6 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 7 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Grinding tool kit, apparatus and method for finish machining of rolling surface of bearing roller6 Jan 2026US 12,515,291 B2Tianjin University
- Sander apparatus and method26 Mar 2024US 11,938,585 B1Stringtech Workstations Inc.
- Prognostic and health management system for precision ball grinding machines30 Jan 2024US 11,883,920 B2Tan Kong Precision Tech Co., Ltd.
- Magnetic-field-guidance system7 Feb 2023US 11,571,779 B2University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Splash guards for grinder/polisher machines and grinder/polisher machines having splash guards8 Nov 2022US 11,491,611 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Method for manufacturing golf ball10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264190 A1Bridgestone Sports Co.Ltd.
- Device for Collecting Machining Suspensions with Material Removal and/or Tool Wear Used During the Machining of Workpiece Parts16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102876 A1CeramTec GmbH
- Ball magazine for a device for lapping and/or grinding balls25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387864 A1
- Ball guiding device for an apparatus for lapping and/or grinding balls25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387865 A1
- Spacer for spacing apart balls in an apparatus for lapping and/or grinding balls and apparatus for lapping and/or grinding balls25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387866 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Artificial joint, particularly an artificial hip joint54US 6,126,695 ASulzer Orthopaedie AG · 2000
- Machine imparting complex rotary motion for lapping a spherical inner diameter39US 4,586,292 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1986
- Method and apparatus for providing a workpiece with a convex tip34US 5,727,989 ANEC Corporation · 1998
- Method and tool for creating a concave surface from a spectacle blank28US 5,938,381 ALoh Optikmaschinen AG · 1999
- Method and apparatus for shaping spheres and process for sintering27US 5,905,936 ATeledyne Wah Chang · 1999