B23Q 3/15546
Devices for recognizing tools in a storage device
Official title: {Devices for recognizing tools in a storage device, e.g. coding devices}
B23Q3/15546 (Devices for recognizing tools in a storage device) appears on 87 US grants and 72 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sensing tool holder29 Sep 2026US 12,746,629 B2National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
- Tool stand25 Aug 2026US 12,715,077 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Magazine and machine tool5 May 2026US 12,617,051 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Machining system, search method, and search program21 Apr 2026US 12,605,797 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Multi-spindle machine tool14 Apr 2026US 12,599,996 B2Index-Werke GmbH & Co. KG Hahn & Tessky
- Data collection, transfer and feedback in working tools1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001181 A1Baron Investments, LLC
- Machine tool30 Oct 2025US 2025/0332674 A1Fanuc Corporation
- Machine tool, diagnostic tool, and diagnostic method21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262701 A1Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
- Imaging device, tool storage equipment, and machine tool8 May 2025US 2025/0144758 A1Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Imaging device, tool storage equipment and machine tool13 Mar 2025US 2025/0083270 A1Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tool holder arrangement73US 7,008,362 B2Armstrong Healthcare Limited · 2006
- Tool identification71US 7,096,077 B2Renishaw PLC · 2006
- Tool holder for a cutting machine provided with numerical control53US 4,588,339 AOtto Bilz, Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. · 1986
- System and method for identification of tools and parts of tools for a fabricating machine44US 6,568,593 B2Trumpf GmbH & Co. · 2003
- Coding systems for elements of machine tools, particularly of the numerically controlled type39US 4,533,823 AComau S.p.A. · 1985