B24B 33/08
Honing tools
Official title: Honing tools {(for manufacturing gear teeth B23F21/03)}
B24B33/08 (Honing tools) appears on 193 US grants and 117 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 193
- Published applications
- 117
- Assignees
- 113
- Inventors
- 323
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B24B 33/085In which the honing element consists of a deformable body29
- B24B 33/081For external surfaces25
- B24B 33/086Abrading blocks for honing tools21
- B24B 33/083With different sets of honing stones14
- B24B 33/082Having only one honing stone11
- B24B 33/088For holes having a shape other than cylindrical11
- B24B 33/089With a rack-and-pinion mechanism for expanding the honing segments10
- B24B 33/087Provided with measuring equipment9
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Recent patents
- Honing tool and honing stick14 Jul 2026US 12,678,911 B2KADIA Produktion GmbH + Co.
- Machining unit and method for machining a component10 Mar 2026US 12,571,430 B2Aktiebolaget Skf
- Honing brush length adjustment11 Nov 2025US 12,466,033 B2Kennametal Inc.
- Method and apparatus for forming a groove pattern on a cylindrical surface3 Dec 2024US 12,157,200 B2Mirka Ltd
- Method and device for fine machining cylindrical workpiece surfaces27 Aug 2024US 12,070,832 B2Microcut AG
- Tool system with tool components for configuring honing tools and manufacturing process23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326082 A1Nagel Technologies GmbH
- Surface Processing Tool and Surface Processing Machine Equipped Therewith28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269485 A1H. Günther Falkenrich GmbH
- Honing tool with honing-stone-restoring system12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187134 A1KADIA Produktion GmbH + Co.
- Honing tool and method for producing a honing tool9 Jan 2025US 2025/0010423 A1Elgan-Diamantwerkzeuge GmbH & Co. KG
- Optimized Honing Brush16 May 2024US 2024/0156244 A1Kennametal Inc.
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