B24B 55/00
Safety devices for grinding or polishing machines
Official title: Safety devices for grinding or polishing machines; Accessories fitted to grinding or polishing machines for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition (of general applicability for machine tools B23Q11/00; in general F16P)
B24B55/00 (Safety devices for grinding or polishing machines) appears on 1,563 US grants and 1,582 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 1,563
- Published applications
- 1,582
- Assignees
- 741
- Inventors
- 3,305
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 44 | 0 |
| 2001 | 46 | 12 |
| 2002 | 46 | 38 |
| 2003 | 44 | 59 |
| 2004 | 46 | 53 |
| 2005 | 31 | 48 |
| 2006 | 52 | 48 |
| 2007 | 37 | 44 |
| 2008 | 28 | 73 |
| 2009 | 32 | 68 |
| 2010 | 25 | 43 |
| 2011 | 37 | 49 |
| 2012 | 39 | 53 |
| 2013 | 51 | 59 |
| 2014 | 44 | 40 |
| 2015 | 37 | 63 |
| 2016 | 47 | 53 |
| 2017 | 33 | 52 |
| 2018 | 54 | 95 |
| 2019 | 45 | 87 |
| 2020 | 57 | 70 |
| 2021 | 37 | 86 |
| 2022 | 31 | 70 |
| 2023 | 59 | 97 |
| 2024 | 73 | 83 |
| 2025 | 55 | 70 |
| 2026 | 43 | 69 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wafer grinding method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,389 B2Disco Corporation
- Fluid dispensing device with coupling to power-driven turning tools and turning tool comprising the same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,630 B2
- Power tool with operation assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,746,635 B2Makita Corporation
- Coating removal apparatus and method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,353 B2Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.
- Processing apparatus, and installing method of processing tool of processing apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,631 B2Tokyo Electron Limited
- Inline Cut-Off Tool8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307198 A1Black & Decker Inc.
- Chemical mechanical polishing temperature scanning apparatus for temperature control8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307202 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Inline Die Grinder8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307207 A1Black & Decker Inc.
- Flip cover for belt and disc sander8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307208 A1Duro Industries, LLC
- Collection receptacle for workpiece particles, handheld power tool assembly, methods for coupling and uncoupling a collection receptacle for workpiece particles to a handheld power tool or from a handheld power tool, method for transporting a handheld power tool assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295752 A1Festool GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Controlled electro-pneumatic power tools and interactive consumable1,078US 9,061,392 B22015
- Slurry recycling in CMP apparatus155US 5,664,990 AIntegrated Process Equipment Corp. · 1997
- Hand-held machine tool with dust extraction129US 6,514,131 B1Robert Bosch GmbH · 2003
- Pneumatic grinding machine provided with dust removing means109US 3,964,212 AAtlas Copco Aktiebolag · 1976
- Vacuum type portable sander103US 5,713,785 ALinax Co., Ltd. · 1998