B23B 2260/0482
Depth controls
Official title: Depth controls, e.g. depth stops
B23B2260/0482 (Depth controls) appears on 53 US grants and 65 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23B- Granted patents
- 53
- Published applications
- 65
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 96
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2015 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 8 |
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| 2019 | 6 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Robot drilling clamp25 Aug 2026US 12,715,145 B2True Position Robotics Limited
- Generic depth indicator for surgical navigational tools26 May 2026US 12,636,089 B2Mazor Robotics Ltd.
- Constant rake fluted drill bit and method of manufacture21 Apr 2026US 12,605,795 B1
- System and method for integrated surgical guide-hub and drill with guided drilling and plunge protection12 Aug 2025US 12,383,285 B2Hubly Inc.
- Method for machining workpieces3 Jun 2025US 12,324,104 B2Skybrain Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH
- Powering and controlling an electric brushless motor in a power tool with a dual mode motor control13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238084 A1Robbox Inc.
- System and method for integrated surgical guide-hub and drill with guided drilling and plunge protection13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345074 A1Hubly Inc.
- Method for controlling a charging apparatus15 May 2025US 2025/0153336 A1Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
- Position feedback control method and power tool10 Oct 2024US 2024/0335917 A1Transform Sr Brands LLC
- Depth setter tool8 Aug 2024US 2024/0261876 A1Phillips Screw Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drill assembly and method to reduce drill bit plunge60US 8,511,945 B2Quanser Consulting Inc. · 2013
- Power tool with measurement of a penetration depth of a working tool49US 7,482,819 B2Hilti Aktiengesellschaft · 2009
- Hole saw with depth stop44US 7,661,913 B2Greenlee Textron Inc. · 2010
- Rotary boring tool alignment and depth indication system40US 7,992,311 B22011
- Multistage bit and stopper36US 5,915,893 AKabushiki Kaisha Miyanaga · 1999