H05B 6/40
Establishing desired heat distribution
Official title: Establishing desired heat distribution, e.g. to heat particular parts of workpieces
H05B6/40 (Establishing desired heat distribution) appears on 209 US grants and 231 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05B- Granted patents
- 209
- Published applications
- 231
- Assignees
- 143
- Inventors
- 517
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 8 | 15 |
| 2025 | 16 | 13 |
| 2026 | 3 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Aerosol-generating device with sliding contacts for multiple induction coils8 Sep 2026US 12,727,619 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Induction hardening system7 Apr 2026US 12,595,524 B2Aktiebolaget Skf
- Aerosol generating device and aerosol generating system17 Feb 2026US 12,550,939 B2Kt&G Corporation
- Methods and system for induction heating30 Dec 2025US 12,513,786 B2Japan Tobacco Inc.
- Variable pitch and variable radius inductor coil designs within an aerosol-generating device11 Nov 2025US 12,471,190 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol-generating device with sliding contacts for multiple induction coils17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272034 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Magnetically enhanced induction heat treating application27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250796 A1Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corporation
- Induction coil assembly drive system, control method thereof, and semiconductor processing equipment23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214758 A1Beijing Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Pin Bushing and Method of Manufacturing the Same7 May 2026US 2026/0126080 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Method and device for shrink-fitting and removing tool shanks in and from the sleeve section of a tool holder in a manner protected against overheating2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091434 A1Haimer GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple head inductive heating system110US 6,043,471 AIllinois Tool Works Inc. · 2000
- System and method for joining plastic materials70US 5,352,871 A1994
- Industion heating tool62US 5,412,184 AGas Research Institute · 1995
- Method of making an induction heating tool60US 5,526,561 AGas Research Institute · 1996
- Induction heating system with a flexible coil56US 6,229,126 B1Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2001