B25J 15/0014
Gripping heads and other end effectors: having fork, comb or plate shaped
Official title: {having fork, comb or plate shaped means for engaging the lower surface on a object to be transported}
B25J15/0014 (Gripping heads and other end effectors: having fork, comb or plate shaped) appears on 414 US grants and 650 published applications in this corpus.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Kinematic design for robotic arm87US 9,827,678 B1X Development LLC · 2017
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