B23Q 41/02
Features relating to transfer of work between machines
Official title: Features relating to transfer of work between machines (arrangements for handling work for machine tools coordinated in production lines B23Q7/14)
B23Q41/02 (Features relating to transfer of work between machines) appears on 77 US grants and 90 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic system for conveying works in a machine shop110US 4,538,950 AMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha · 1985
- Sensor panel for locating a load54US 4,208,648 AFichtel & Sachs AG · 1980
- Pallet changer for a manufacture plant33US 4,291,797 AWerkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buhrle AG · 1981
- Flexible work station21US 6,612,011 B2Kuka Schweissanlagen GmbH · 2003
- Battery assembly dual workstation18US 6,279,224 B1Leko U.S.A., Inc. · 2001