B23Q 3/155
Arrangements for automatic insertion or removal of tools
Official title: Arrangements for automatic insertion or removal of tools {, e.g. combined with manual handling (B23Q7/046 takes precedence)}
B23Q3/155 (Arrangements for automatic insertion or removal of tools) appears on 1,514 US grants and 1,097 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,097
- Assignees
- 725
- Inventors
- 2,689
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | 25 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 21 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 26 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 31 | 0 |
| 1986 | 46 | 0 |
| 1987 | 58 | 0 |
| 1988 | 32 | 0 |
| 1989 | 46 | 0 |
| 1990 | 34 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 21 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 37 | 0 |
| 2000 | 34 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 16 |
| 2002 | 33 | 32 |
| 2003 | 36 | 24 |
| 2004 | 18 | 20 |
| 2005 | 10 | 31 |
| 2006 | 29 | 18 |
| 2007 | 15 | 22 |
| 2008 | 18 | 14 |
| 2009 | 16 | 23 |
| 2010 | 9 | 21 |
| 2011 | 10 | 25 |
| 2012 | 13 | 18 |
| 2013 | 18 | 52 |
| 2014 | 22 | 44 |
| 2015 | 35 | 58 |
| 2016 | 45 | 68 |
| 2017 | 46 | 65 |
| 2018 | 59 | 66 |
| 2019 | 68 | 62 |
| 2020 | 55 | 84 |
| 2021 | 52 | 68 |
| 2022 | 48 | 57 |
| 2023 | 47 | 70 |
| 2024 | 39 | 52 |
| 2025 | 34 | 48 |
| 2026 | 38 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23Q 3/157Of rotary tools840
- B23Q 3/1552Parts of devices for automatically inserting or removing tools809
- B23Q 3/1556Of non-rotary tools181
- B23Q 3/15513The tool being taken from a storage device and transferred to a106
- B23Q 3/15506The tool being inserted in a tool holder directly from a storage80
- B23Q 3/15503Processes characterized by special sequencing of operations or the like60
- B23Q 2003/1558Involving insertion or removal of other machine components together with the removalIndexing code57
- B23Q 2003/15586Of tools in turretsIndexing code36
Recent patents
- Tool transport device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,628 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Sensing tool holder29 Sep 2026US 12,746,629 B2National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
- Machine tool22 Sep 2026US 12,741,350 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Self-powered sensing tool holder15 Sep 2026US 12,734,625 B2National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
- Combined transfer and storage device and manufacturing line for machining15 Sep 2026US 12,734,630 B2CHIRON Group SE
- Horizontal machine tool17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273680 A1Kede Numerical Control Co., Ltd.
- Machine tool with automatic tool changer, and eddy current sensor used for same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264186 A1Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
- Tool holder device of tool magazine20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241502 A1Shin-Yain Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Machine tool6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225198 A1Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH
- Material processing methods and related apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200014 A1Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
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- Automated end effector component reloading system for use with a robotic system1,066US 10,071,452 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018
- Tool changer for vertical boring machine1,027US 4,321,746 AWhite Consolidated Industries, Inc. · 1982
- Stapling instrument for use with a robotic system550US 10,780,539 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2020