B25J 15/0095
Gripping heads and other end effectors: with an external support, i.e. a
Official title: {with an external support, i.e. a support which does not belong to the manipulator or the object to be gripped, e.g. for maintaining the gripping head in an accurate position, guiding it or preventing vibrations}
B25J15/0095 (Gripping heads and other end effectors: with an external support, i.e. a) appears on 70 US grants and 96 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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