B23Q 7/043
Construction of the grippers
Official title: {Construction of the grippers (B23Q7/048 takes precedence)}
B23Q7/043 (Construction of the grippers) appears on 132 US grants and 79 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Transfer device16 Jun 2026US 12,654,269 B2SK On Co., Ltd.
- Convertible gripping device9 Jun 2026US 12,649,206 B2Reishauer AG
- Automated cell for performing container control during a process of picking rubber blocks5 Aug 2025US 12,378,086 B2Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
- Device and method for handling elements22 Jul 2025US 12,365,099 B2Open Mind Ventures, S.L.U.
- Loading system for an optical machine, in particular for loading and unloading optical workpieces, such as eyeglass lenses, and deblocking apparatus comprising a loading system of this type1 Jul 2025US 12,343,838 B2Satisloh AG
- A Process Method For Automatic Feeding And Discharging Of Multi-Procedure Product On CNC Machining Device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264184 A1Shenzhen Fsj Intelligent Technical Co., Ltd.
- Computer numerical control lathe loading and unloading machine capable of automatic material overturning20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241505 A1Shenzhen Fsj Intelligent Technical Co., Ltd.
- Flexible manufacturing system and rotor for such a flexible manufacturing system27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361102 A1Beckhoff Automation GmbH
- Automatic material turning cnc equipment loading and unloading machine2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303582 A1Shenzhen Fsj Intelligent Technical Co., Ltd.
- Gripper device for releasably holding a lens, a handling system and a machine for processing lenses7 Aug 2025US 2025/0249602 A1MEI, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adapter with modular components for a robot end-of-arm interchangeable tooling system54US 4,676,142 AEOA Systems, Inc. · 1987
- Interchangeable robot end-of-arm tooling system48US 4,611,377 AEOA Systems, Inc. · 1986
- Article gripping apparatus41US 4,348,044 ACincinnati Milacron Inc. · 1982
- Mechanically operated collet chuck for gripping round objects41US 4,810,019 A1989
- Article gripper36US 4,858,980 ACincinnati Milacron Inc. · 1989