B23Q 3/15503
Processes characterized by special sequencing of operations or the like
Official title: {Processes characterized by special sequencing of operations or the like, e.g. for optimizing tool changing time or capacity in tool storage}
B23Q3/15503 (Processes characterized by special sequencing of operations or the like) appears on 60 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Processing apparatus, and installing method of processing tool of processing apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,631 B2Tokyo Electron Limited
- Installation device for carrying out installation steps on a wall and method for exchanging a tool of an installation apparatus4 Aug 2026US 12,697,692 B2
- Machine tool having tool rest, control unit, tool storage unit, tool changing unit, and tool management unit4 Aug 2026US 12,697,693 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Numerical control tool machine14 Jul 2026US 12,678,902 B2Tecno Logica S.R.L.
- Apparatus for exchanging a tool of a boring bar and method of exchanging a tool of a boring bar using the same14 Jul 2026US 12,678,903 B2Dn Co., Ltd.
- Adaptive tooling interface (tool changer) with a single motor2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184409 A1Oceaneering International, Inc.
- Workpiece tray of a workpiece magazine and method for computer-assisted tray loading25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175338 A1Condor Custom Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
- Quick-change mechanism and tool changing method for realizing variable diameter turning by machine tools4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151866 A1Dalian University of Technology
- Method for operating a machine tool4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151869 A1DMG MORI Pfronten GmbH
- Apparatus and method for automatically handling hollow cylindrical tools30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115849 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Subsea tool changer10US 8,900,106 B2Oceaneering International, Inc. · 2014
- Method and machine tool for changing tools7US 5,474,514 AChiron-Werke GmbH & Co. KG · 1995
- Tool changing method and apparatus6US 5,688,214 AHowa Machinery, Ltd. · 1997
- Method and machine for performing a tool change5US 5,383,832 ASTAMA Mashinenfabrik, GmbH · 1995
- Tool exchanging apparatus for a processing center4US 6,579,216 B2Deckel Maho Seebach GmbH · 2003