B26F 3/004
Severing by means other than cutting: by means of a fluid jet
Official title: {by means of a fluid jet (methods for use of abrasive blasting for cutting B24C1/045; guns for abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet B26F1/26)}
B26F3/004 (Severing by means other than cutting: by means of a fluid jet) appears on 760 US grants and 670 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- High-pressure fluid on/off valve and components and method of use of same29 Sep 2026US 12,747,803 B2Flow International Corporation
- Conveyor for a water jet cutting machine15 Sep 2026US 12,734,722 B2Hydroprocess
- Method for removal of support structures of additive manufactured components by pressurized jet9 Jun 2026US 12,649,185 B2Accelleron Switzerland Ltd.
- Method for determining a position of a liquid jet17 Mar 2026US 12,576,458 B2Synova SA
- High pressure liquid-jet seal assembly carriage27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249434 A1Hypertherm, Inc.
- System and Method to Cut Blocks of Meat30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216905 A1MP Equipment, LLC
- Material display system and method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208383 A1Michael Ryan
- Substrate separation apparatus23 Jul 2026US 2026/0215206 A1Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation
- Method of manufacturing material display system30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115960 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vascular treatment measurement methods179US 8,715,314 B1Insera Therapeutics, Inc. · 2014
- Flow diverting devices166US 8,715,317 B1Insera Therapeutics, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical nozzle apparatus153US 4,560,373 ASugino Machine Limited · 1985
- Fluid jet cutting system151US 6,216,573 B1HydroCision, Inc. · 2001
- Enhancing liquid jet erosion147US 4,474,251 AHydronautics, Incorporated · 1984