B23Q 3/02
Devices holding, supporting, or positioning work or tools, of a kind normally
Official title: for mounting on a work-table, tool-slide, or analogous part (B23Q3/15 takes precedence)
B23Q3/02 (Devices holding, supporting, or positioning work or tools, of a kind normally) appears on 1,490 US grants and 1,399 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
- 1,490
- Published applications
- 1,399
- Assignees
- 870
- Inventors
- 2,978
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 20 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 20 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 6 |
| 2003 | 12 | 13 |
| 2004 | 16 | 31 |
| 2005 | 15 | 35 |
| 2006 | 23 | 25 |
| 2007 | 11 | 29 |
| 2008 | 17 | 29 |
| 2009 | 11 | 33 |
| 2010 | 22 | 45 |
| 2011 | 22 | 32 |
| 2012 | 26 | 46 |
| 2013 | 39 | 73 |
| 2014 | 47 | 82 |
| 2015 | 56 | 94 |
| 2016 | 80 | 69 |
| 2017 | 61 | 74 |
| 2018 | 68 | 92 |
| 2019 | 66 | 101 |
| 2020 | 87 | 80 |
| 2021 | 84 | 69 |
| 2022 | 64 | 70 |
| 2023 | 57 | 77 |
| 2024 | 73 | 78 |
| 2025 | 60 | 64 |
| 2026 | 47 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bonding head and bonding apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,380 B2Pac Tech—Packaging Technologies GmbH
- Device for clamping workpieces on machine tools6 Oct 2026US 12,752,384 B2Hydroblock S.r.l.
- Toggle clamp6 Oct 2026US 12,752,402 B2Forward Co., Ltd.
- Positioning device for assembling power tool holder housing and use method thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,741,347 B1Luoyang Xincheng Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
- System for machining workpieces, machine tool, support device and workpiece support22 Sep 2026US 12,741,348 B2Deckel Maho Pfronten GmbH
- Machining center for the mechanical processing of workpieces8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307188 A1MG Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
- Clamping device for a machining center and machining center8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307189 A1MG Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
- Machine tool8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307196 A1Etxe-Tar, S.A.
- Workpiece frame clamp for machine fixtures1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295743 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Workpiece frames with locator features for machine fixtures1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295744 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for automatic finishing of machine parts124US 5,091,861 AN.C.T. Limited · 1992
- Flanging press117US 9,776,234 B2Fft Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co. KG · 2017
- Detachable tool interface system for a robot115US 4,281,447 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1981
- Router attachment95US 4,566,512 A1986
- Hybrid lay-up tool91US 6,012,883 AThe Boeing Company · 2000