B23Q 7/045
Using a tool holder as a work-transporting gripper
Official title: {using a tool holder as a work-transporting gripper}
B23Q7/045 (Using a tool holder as a work-transporting gripper) appears on 57 US grants and 48 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
- 57
- Published applications
- 48
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 144
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Processing machine and processing method14 Apr 2026US 12,599,999 B2
- Machine tool holder, method and computer program for operating a machine tool having such a machine tool holder18 Nov 2025US 12,472,597 B2ERST-Maschinenbau GmbH
- Handling tool27 May 2025US 12,311,489 B2DDS Investments, LLC
- Five-axis vertical processing system for automatic loading and unloading4 Mar 2025US 12,240,071 B2Kede Numerical Control Co., Ltd.
- Automatic feeding and discharging machining system25 Feb 2025US 12,233,502 B2Kede Numerical Control 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.
- Device for handling a clamping ram7 May 2026US 2026/0124684 A1Adelbert Haas GmbH
- Machining Center Chip Removal20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353128 A1Rtx Corporation
- Device for handling a clamping ram16 Oct 2025US 2025/0319524 A1Adelbert Haas GmbH
- 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
- Multi-function industrial robot30US 4,741,078 ASony Corporation · 1988
- Device for machining optical workpieces29US 6,394,892 B2Lo Optikmaschinen AG · 2002
- Boring machine with work-handling tool turret23US 4,597,155 AThe Olofsson Corporation · 1986
- Machine tool22US 4,716,647 AChiron-Werke GmbH & Co. KG · 1988
- Machine tool having dual spindles and tool rests19US 5,175,914 AYamazaki Mazak Corporation · 1993