B23Q 3/15526
Storage devices
Official title: {Storage devices; Drive mechanisms therefor}
B23Q3/15526 (Storage devices) appears on 474 US grants and 404 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
- 474
- Published applications
- 404
- Assignees
- 265
- Inventors
- 937
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 13 | 9 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 18 |
| 2006 | 12 | 4 |
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| 2023 | 18 | 31 |
| 2024 | 15 | 23 |
| 2025 | 9 | 16 |
| 2026 | 17 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23Q 3/15539Plural magazines138
- B23Q 2003/15537Linearly moving storage devicesIndexing code95
- B23Q 3/15536Non-rotary fixed racks94
- B23Q 3/15534Magazines mounted on the spindle87
- B23Q 2003/15527The storage device including means to latch toolsIndexing code65
- B23Q 2003/15532The storage device including tool pots, adaptors or the likeIndexing code53
- B23Q 2003/15528The storage device including means to project tools therefromIndexing code52
- B23Q 3/15533Combined with manual tool transfers30
Recent patents
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- Self-powered sensing tool holder15 Sep 2026US 12,734,625 B2National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
- Processing apparatus, and installing method of processing tool of processing apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,631 B2Tokyo Electron Limited
- Tool stand25 Aug 2026US 12,715,077 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Horizontal machine tool17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273680 A1Kede Numerical Control Co., Ltd.
- Tool holder device of tool magazine20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241502 A1Shin-Yain Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Material processing methods and related apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200014 A1Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Limited
- Tool magazine system with stacked tool holders16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200025 A1Chen Sound Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Tool changer16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200026 A1Fanuc Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for automatic finishing of machine parts124US 5,091,861 AN.C.T. Limited · 1992
- Tool changer for manipulator arm98US 4,604,787 ATransamerica DeLaval Inc. · 1986
- Tool carousel72US 6,228,008 B1Bridgeport Machines Limited · 2001
- High speed precision drilling system56US 4,761,876 ADynamotion Corporation · 1988
- Mobile automated assembly tool for aircraft structures46US 9,486,917 B2The Boeing Company · 2016