B25J 19/00
Accessories fitted to manipulators
Official title: Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewing; Safety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators (safety-devices in general F16P; protection against radiation in general G21F)
B25J19/00 (Accessories fitted to manipulators) appears on 6,409 US grants and 7,955 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
- 6,409
- Published applications
- 7,955
- Assignees
- 2,505
- Inventors
- 14,637
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 34 | 27 |
| 2003 | 31 | 38 |
| 2004 | 28 | 71 |
| 2005 | 38 | 76 |
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| 2010 | 45 | 94 |
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| 2019 | 348 | 602 |
| 2020 | 450 | 795 |
| 2021 | 469 | 726 |
| 2022 | 593 | 677 |
| 2023 | 599 | 728 |
| 2024 | 619 | 754 |
| 2025 | 697 | 709 |
| 2026 | 446 | 576 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B25J 19/02Sensing devices3,153
- B25J 19/0025Means for supplying energy to the end effector1,004
- B25J 19/06Safety devices871
- B25J 19/0008Balancing devices430
- B25J 19/0075Means for protecting the manipulator from its environment or vice versa385
- B25J 19/0004Braking devices283
- B25J 19/005Accessories fitted to manipulators: using batteries265
- B25J 19/0091Shock absorbers235
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- B25J 19/0054Cooling means173
- B25J 19/007Means or methods for designing or fabricating manipulators115
- B25J 19/0066Means or methods for maintaining or repairing manipulators74
- B25J 19/0095Means or methods for testing manipulators61
- B25J 19/0058Means for cleaning manipulators52
- B25J 19/0062Lubrication means52
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By later US patents
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