B23B 39/00
General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices
Official title: General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices; Sets of boring and/or drilling machines
B23B39/00 (General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices) appears on 500 US grants and 374 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23B- Granted patents
- 500
- Published applications
- 374
- Assignees
- 274
- Inventors
- 931
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 18 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 10 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 7 |
| 2007 | 6 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11 |
| 2009 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12 |
| 2012 | 8 | 16 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 10 | 15 |
| 2015 | 12 | 25 |
| 2016 | 19 | 17 |
| 2017 | 21 | 18 |
| 2018 | 20 | 28 |
| 2019 | 25 | 31 |
| 2020 | 27 | 20 |
| 2021 | 12 | 28 |
| 2022 | 25 | 16 |
| 2023 | 12 | 21 |
| 2024 | 11 | 17 |
| 2025 | 12 | 17 |
| 2026 | 12 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23B 39/16Drilling machines with a plurality of working-spindles291
- B23B 39/14General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices: with special provision to enable88
- B23B 39/04Co-ordinate boring or drilling machines34
- B23B 39/003Drilling machine situated underneath the workpiece23
- B23B 39/10General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices: characterised by the drive20
- B23B 39/006Portal drilling machines17
- B23B 39/26In which the working position of tool or work is controlled by6
- B23B 39/02Boring machines3
Recent patents
- Tool driving device and method of producing machined product6 Oct 2026US 12,752,348 B2Subaru Corporation
- Precisely-positioned drilling apparatus for steel tubular joints and application method thereof15 Sep 2026US 12,734,588 B2Fuzhou Urban and Rural Construcation Group CO., Ltd
- Robot drilling clamp25 Aug 2026US 12,715,145 B2True Position Robotics Limited
- Machining robot for chip removal machining11 Aug 2026US 12,703,082 B2
- Drilling device28 Jul 2026US 12,691,505 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Systems and Methods for Downward Drilling Robotic Systems27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251050 A1August Robotics Limited
- Robot-assisted tool systems and methods20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241578 A1The Boeing Company
- Power tool stand9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192435 A1
- Autonomous or Manual Work Device, System, and Method for at least Partly Automatically Machining an Object11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158606 A1Robert Bosch GmbH
- Power tool stand4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151891 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- High throughput hole forming system with multiple spindles per station116US 6,174,271 B1Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. · 2001
- Compliance mechanism104US 4,332,066 AGeneral Dynamics Corporation · 1982
- Microcomputer controlled power tool69US 4,317,176 ABlack & Decker Inc. · 1982
- Seam tracking drilling machine69US 5,468,099 AVought Aircraft Company · 1995
- Tool track for use on aircraft68US 4,850,763 AThe Boeing Company · 1989