B23B 31/06
Features relating to the removal of tools
Official title: Features relating to the removal of tools; Accessories therefor
B23B31/06 (Features relating to the removal of tools) appears on 66 US grants and 55 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 55
- Assignees
- 59
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- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Core drill6 Jan 2026US 12,515,259 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Tool for installation and removal of retention knobs16 Dec 2025US 12,496,689 B2
- Tooling exchange mechanism and machine tool having the tooling exchange mechanism30 Sep 2025US 12,427,613 B2Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Tool or workpiece holder8 Aug 2023US 11,717,941 B2Ott-Jakob Spanntechnik GmbH
- Method for installation and removal of retention knobs8 Aug 2023US 11,717,945 B2
- Modular tool and method for ejecting an insert of a modular tool20 Jun 2024US 2024/0198433 A1
- Method for Holding a Spindle of a Mobile Power Tool18 Apr 2024US 2024/0123595 A1Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
- A locking mechanism and manufacture thereof26 Oct 2023US 2023/0339025 A1
- Method for releasing a screw connection between a core drilling device and a drill bit, and core drilling device5 Oct 2023US 2023/0311217 A1Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
- Tooling exchange mechanism and machine tool having the tooling exchange mechanism21 Sep 2023US 2023/0294227 A1Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Workpiece connector for a power tool76US 6,722,667 B2Jore Corporation · 2004
- Exchange chuck for a tool69US 4,577,875 AMiyakawa Industry Co., Ltd. · 1986
- Graphical user interface in a medical protocol system having time delay rules and a publisher's view45US 6,037,940 AAraxsys, Inc. · 2000
- Cutting tool holder adaptor33US 4,861,203 AMulti Bar Systems Ltd. · 1989
- Tool coupling29US 4,913,607 AFried. Krupp Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung · 1990