B23Q 3/1554
Transfer mechanisms
Official title: {Transfer mechanisms, e.g. tool gripping arms; Drive mechanisms therefore}
B23Q3/1554 (Transfer mechanisms) appears on 278 US grants and 245 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
- 278
- Published applications
- 245
- Assignees
- 194
- Inventors
- 600
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 16 | 16 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13 |
| 2026 | 13 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tool transport device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,628 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Machine tool22 Sep 2026US 12,741,350 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Combined transfer and storage device and manufacturing line for machining15 Sep 2026US 12,734,630 B2CHIRON Group SE
- 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 tool16 Jun 2026US 12,654,268 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Machine tool6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225198 A1Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH
- Tool changer16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200026 A1Fanuc Corporation
- Tool replacing device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192403 A1Fanuc Corporation
- Tool replacement apparatus9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192404 A1Fanuc Corporation
- Swing-type tool magazine system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183880 A1Chen Sound Industrial Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated end effector component reloading system for use with a robotic system2,180US 8,844,789 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Automated end effector component reloading system for use with a robotic system1,110US 10,058,963 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018
- Automated end effector component reloading system for use with a robotic system1,066US 10,071,452 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018
- Stapling instrument for use with a robotic system550US 10,780,539 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2020
- Automated end effector component reloading system for use with a robotic system332US 11,207,064 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021