B24B 31/14
Abrading-bodies specially designed for tumbling apparatus
Official title: Abrading-bodies specially designed for tumbling apparatus, e.g. abrading-balls
B24B31/14 (Abrading-bodies specially designed for tumbling apparatus) appears on 58 US grants and 31 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 58
- Published applications
- 31
- Assignees
- 40
- Inventors
- 118
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rock tumbling method and apparatus13 Jan 2026US 12,521,835 B2Idea Vault Holdings, Inc.
- Slide-grinding body23 Jul 2024US 12,042,898 B2Rösler Holding GmbH
- Method for smoothing a surface of a component28 Mar 2023US 11,612,977 B2MTU Aero Engines AG
- Rotational abrasive micro/nano-finishing31 May 2022US 11,344,989 B2
- Method for surface electrolytic treatment of garment accessory part and method for producing a garment accessory part17 Mar 2020US 10,590,557 B2YKK Corporation
- Apparatus and method for continuous milling and mixing26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084260 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Processing method for additively manufactured article6 Mar 2025US 2025/0073781 A1Sintokogio, Ltd.
- Loose abrasive bodies and method of abrading a workpiece using the same16 Mar 2023US 2023/0085096 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Slide-grinding body2 Sep 2021US 2021/0268623 A1Rösler Holding GmbH
- Rock tumbling method and apparatus17 Dec 2020US 2020/0391340 A1Idea Vault Holdings, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Abrasive medium with selected density47US 6,165,059 A2000
- Star shot wave tumbler systems43US 5,653,625 A1997
- Intraocular lens tumbling process using coated beads40US 5,961,370 AChiron Vision Corporation · 1999
- Method for surface finishing of articles25US 5,140,783 A1992
- Abrasive polishing method23US 4,512,859 AInoue-Japax Research Incorporated · 1985