B21D 43/105
Manipulators, i.e. mechanical arms carrying a gripper element having several degrees of
Official title: {Manipulators, i.e. mechanical arms carrying a gripper element having several degrees of freedom}
B21D43/105 (Manipulators, i.e. mechanical arms carrying a gripper element having several degrees of) appears on 177 US grants and 107 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fully automated sheet metal bending cell2 Jun 2026US 12,643,137 B2Concept & Forme Developpements SA
- Workpiece conveying wheeled platform and working system14 Apr 2026US 12,600,000 B2Amada Company, Limited
- Bending installation and manipulator with rotatable gripper arrangement7 Apr 2026US 12,594,592 B2TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
- Method of manufacturing press-formed product, apparatus for transporting heated workpiece, and hot-press manufacturing line17 Mar 2026US 12,576,443 B2Nippon Steel Corporation
- Workpiece manipulation device for a swivel bending machine10 Feb 2026US 12,544,817 B2TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
- Production plant comprising a manipulator6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225147 A1TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
- Bending installation and manipulator with rotatable gripper arrangement9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192352 A1TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
- Device and method for loading or unloading a sheet metal processing machine or a wood working machine26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054306 A1ARKU Maschinenbau GmbH
- Combination of a Press Brake and a Serial Manipulator19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048428 A1Nivora IP B.V.
- Robot-assisted sheet metal bending loading and unloading path planning method based on svsdf19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048431 A1Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
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- Method and apparatus for multi-step workpiece manufacturing51US 4,987,765 AHashimoto Forming Industry Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Picker47US 4,005,782 AEngineered Metal Products Company, Inc. · 1977
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