B25J 15/12
With flexible finger members
Official title: with flexible finger members
B25J15/12 (With flexible finger members) appears on 350 US grants and 430 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
- 350
- Published applications
- 430
- Assignees
- 254
- Inventors
- 922
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 |
| 2006 | 6 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 8 |
| 2014 | 4 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 18 |
| 2016 | 10 | 14 |
| 2017 | 18 | 23 |
| 2018 | 24 | 29 |
| 2019 | 26 | 50 |
| 2020 | 34 | 34 |
| 2021 | 37 | 32 |
| 2022 | 32 | 41 |
| 2023 | 33 | 34 |
| 2024 | 27 | 32 |
| 2025 | 21 | 32 |
| 2026 | 27 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Gripper with bendable fingers and switching means6 Oct 2026US 12,752,440 B2KUKA Deutschland GmbH
- Seafood processing system and related methods29 Sep 2026US 12,745,780 B2
- Robot hand15 Sep 2026US 12,734,715 B2Sintokogio, Ltd.
- Apparatus for sampling or gripping by means of a deformable tool8 Sep 2026US 12,728,547 B2Orano Ds—DéMantèLement Et Services
- Finger assembly and robot hand comprising same1 Sep 2026US 12,722,313 B2Korea University of Technology and Education Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
- Gripper for moving piece goods and methods for moving piece goods using the gripper1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295865 A1Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH
- Gripping device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273776 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Robot hand and method for manufacturing robot hand3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257381 A1Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
- Robotic end effector system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233412 A1Chef Robotics, Inc.
- Suction and edge grasping combination gripper6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225242 A1Dexterity, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulatable members having constrained motion and related devices and methods500US 11,109,925 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2021
- Flexible positioning appendage303US 5,297,443 A1994
- Torus-shaped mechanical gripper158US 6,846,029 B12005
- Cam operated microgripper57US 5,895,084 A1999
- Gripping actuator with independently flexible cylinders47US 5,156,081 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1992