B29C 66/01
General aspects dealing with the joint area or with the area to
Official title: {General aspects dealing with the joint area or with the area to be joined (B29C65/76, B29C65/82 take precedence)}
B29C66/01 (General aspects dealing with the joint area or with the area to) appears on 14,141 US grants and 11,490 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 14,141
- Published applications
- 11,490
- Assignees
- 5,994
- Inventors
- 24,427
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 193 | 0 |
| 1977 | 156 | 0 |
| 1978 | 199 | 0 |
| 1979 | 100 | 0 |
| 1980 | 154 | 0 |
| 1981 | 198 | 0 |
| 1982 | 146 | 0 |
| 1983 | 139 | 0 |
| 1984 | 155 | 0 |
| 1985 | 211 | 0 |
| 1986 | 194 | 0 |
| 1987 | 235 | 0 |
| 1988 | 251 | 0 |
| 1989 | 257 | 0 |
| 1990 | 270 | 0 |
| 1991 | 207 | 0 |
| 1992 | 221 | 0 |
| 1993 | 248 | 0 |
| 1994 | 231 | 0 |
| 1995 | 257 | 0 |
| 1996 | 236 | 0 |
| 1997 | 278 | 0 |
| 1998 | 360 | 0 |
| 1999 | 308 | 0 |
| 2000 | 317 | 0 |
| 2001 | 305 | 100 |
| 2002 | 265 | 327 |
| 2003 | 317 | 398 |
| 2004 | 284 | 459 |
| 2005 | 217 | 445 |
| 2006 | 240 | 464 |
| 2007 | 199 | 420 |
| 2008 | 192 | 427 |
| 2009 | 188 | 447 |
| 2010 | 272 | 480 |
| 2011 | 318 | 428 |
| 2012 | 306 | 479 |
| 2013 | 332 | 482 |
| 2014 | 359 | 503 |
| 2015 | 367 | 549 |
| 2016 | 390 | 594 |
| 2017 | 397 | 569 |
| 2018 | 447 | 586 |
| 2019 | 535 | 539 |
| 2020 | 516 | 561 |
| 2021 | 471 | 504 |
| 2022 | 426 | 459 |
| 2023 | 397 | 413 |
| 2024 | 376 | 398 |
| 2025 | 329 | 291 |
| 2026 | 175 | 168 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29C 66/05Particular design of joint configurations13,546
- B29C 66/02Preparation of the material, in the area to be joined, prior to1,584
- B29C 66/03After-treatments in the joint area949
- B29C 66/32Measures for keeping the burr form under control731
- B29C 66/345Progressively making the joint481
- B29C 66/344Stretching or tensioning the joint area during joining308
- B29C 66/342Preventing air-inclusions264
- B29C 66/349Cooling the welding zone on the welding spot239
All 13 subgroupsShow fewer
- B29C 66/347Using particular temperature distributions or gradients235
- B29C 66/346Making joints having variable thicknesses in the joint area210
- B29C 66/348Avoiding melting or weakening of the zone directly next to the joint139
- B29C 66/343Making tension-free or wrinkle-free joints88
- B29C 66/341Measures for intermixing the material of the joint interlayer71
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