B05B 13/0431
With spray heads moved by robots or articulated arms
Official title: {with spray heads moved by robots or articulated arms, e.g. for applying liquid or other fluent material to three-dimensional [3D] surfaces}
B05B13/0431 (With spray heads moved by robots or articulated arms) appears on 848 US grants and 1,020 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 848
- Published applications
- 1,020
- Assignees
- 373
- Inventors
- 1,986
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 4 |
| 2002 | 10 | 12 |
| 2003 | 12 | 11 |
| 2004 | 14 | 16 |
| 2005 | 7 | 16 |
| 2006 | 5 | 20 |
| 2007 | 4 | 11 |
| 2008 | 9 | 17 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19 |
| 2010 | 9 | 23 |
| 2011 | 14 | 20 |
| 2012 | 16 | 33 |
| 2013 | 18 | 30 |
| 2014 | 22 | 28 |
| 2015 | 13 | 32 |
| 2016 | 28 | 32 |
| 2017 | 33 | 57 |
| 2018 | 37 | 75 |
| 2019 | 50 | 86 |
| 2020 | 51 | 87 |
| 2021 | 50 | 73 |
| 2022 | 80 | 76 |
| 2023 | 59 | 73 |
| 2024 | 58 | 78 |
| 2025 | 53 | 58 |
| 2026 | 43 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Robotic spray head and control system22 Sep 2026US 12,741,292 B2Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
- Paint flow monitoring method for robot systems in mixed explosion-safety zones15 Sep 2026US 12,734,539 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid discharge method, and storage medium8 Sep 2026US 12,728,429 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Painting robot and painting system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,143 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
- Automated wall finishing system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,716,247 B2JLG Industries, Inc.
- Automated wall finishing system and method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297963 A1JLG Industries, Inc.
- Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid ejection method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285065 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Automated cleaning system and device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273564 A1Cleanbotix, Inc.
- Apparatus, system and method for coordinated fluid dispersal3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257235 A1
- Compound Pressure Sensor for Waterborne Canister System27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249316 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Light-weight program controller1,078US 4,239,431 ABasfer S.R.L. · 1980
- Manipulative device133US 4,826,087 A1989
- Methods and apparatus for computer-assisted spray foam fabrication129US 9,566,742 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2017
- Automated three-dimensional precision coatings application apparatus128US 5,429,682 AAdvanced Robotics Technologies · 1995
- Methods and apparatus for computer-assisted spray foam fabrication120US 10,189,187 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2019