B23B 45/00
Hand-held or like portable drilling machines
Official title: Hand-held or like portable drilling machines, e.g. drill guns; Equipment therefor (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B25F5/00)
B23B45/00 (Hand-held or like portable drilling machines) appears on 686 US grants and 769 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23B- Granted patents
- 686
- Published applications
- 769
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 1,429
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 13 |
| 2006 | 10 | 27 |
| 2007 | 6 | 18 |
| 2008 | 12 | 18 |
| 2009 | 11 | 28 |
| 2010 | 10 | 29 |
| 2011 | 17 | 29 |
| 2012 | 24 | 24 |
| 2013 | 18 | 33 |
| 2014 | 20 | 37 |
| 2015 | 19 | 33 |
| 2016 | 28 | 28 |
| 2017 | 39 | 27 |
| 2018 | 23 | 37 |
| 2019 | 26 | 51 |
| 2020 | 36 | 44 |
| 2021 | 39 | 48 |
| 2022 | 40 | 58 |
| 2023 | 32 | 46 |
| 2024 | 49 | 53 |
| 2025 | 35 | 47 |
| 2026 | 32 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23B 45/008Gear boxes, clutches, bearings, feeding mechanisms or like equipment194
- B23B 45/02Driven by electric power186
- B23B 45/003Attachments167
- B23B 45/001Housing of the drill66
- B23B 45/04Driven by fluid-pressure or pneumatic power46
- B23B 45/006Keys for operating the chucks45
- B23B 45/06Driven by man-power18
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