B25J 15/0028
Gripping heads and other end effectors: with movable
Official title: {with movable, e.g. pivoting gripping jaw surfaces}
B25J15/0028 (Gripping heads and other end effectors: with movable) appears on 543 US grants and 659 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for earth drilling6 Oct 2026US 12,753,664 B2Mhwirth AS
- Systems and methods for a remote control actuator6 Oct 2026US 12,753,743 B2Trustees of Tufts College
- Gripper base and gripper system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,693 B2Delta Electronics, Inc.
- Robotic laundry devices and methods of use22 Sep 2026US 12,741,385 B2
- Apparatus for inserting electrode assembly and method for inserting electrode assembly using same22 Sep 2026US 12,744,232 B2SK On Co., Ltd.
- Gripping System17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273774 A1Google Inc.
- Jaw member of instrument end effector and related devices, systems and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248554 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- End effectors for automated pipe handling27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251024 A1National Oilwell Varco, L. P.
- Gripping Mechanism, Storage Device, and Gripping Method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251669 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Robot hand and control method of the same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233411 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapling loading unit having articulating jaws932US 9,855,040 B2Covidien LP · 2018
- End effector for an instrument852US 10,124,493 B2ABB gomtec GmbH · 2018
- Autonomous order fulfillment and inventory control robots336US 9,120,622 B1inVia Robotics, Inc. · 2015
- Robotic grasping apparatus94US 5,588,688 ASarcos Corp. · 1996
- System and method for piece-picking or put-away with a mobile manipulation robot94US 9,785,911 B2I AM Robotics, LLC · 2017