CPC Main Group
B21D 9/00 Bending tubes using mandrels or the like (B21D11/02 - B21D11/18 take precedence)
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- B21D 9/01 the mandrel being flexible and engaging the entire tube length
- B21D 9/04 the mandrel being rigid
- B21D 9/05 co-operating with forming members
- B21D 9/08 in press brakes or between rams and anvils or abutments; Pliers with forming dies
- B21D 9/10 by passing between rollers
- B21D 9/12 by pushing over a curved mandrel; by pushing through a curved die
- B21D 9/14 Wrinkle-bending, i.e. bending by corrugating
- B21D 9/15 using filling material of indefinite shape, e.g. sand, plastic material (filling of tubes with such material B21D9/16)
- B21D 9/16 Auxiliary equipment, e.g. machines for filling tubes with sand
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JFE STEEL JP 2,667
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 2,049
- POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,967
- NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 1,800
- SMS GROUP DE 1,538
- JFE STEEL 1,150
- ARCELORMITTAL LU 1,142
- BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL COMPANY 821
- HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY KR 808
- THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE DE 660