B62B 3/04
Involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carried
Official title: involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carried; Loading or unloading equipment
B62B3/04 (Involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carried) appears on 913 US grants and 935 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62B- Granted patents
- 913
- Published applications
- 935
- Assignees
- 477
- Inventors
- 1,817
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9 |
| 2003 | 11 | 18 |
| 2004 | 10 | 18 |
| 2005 | 13 | 27 |
| 2006 | 15 | 28 |
| 2007 | 11 | 14 |
| 2008 | 10 | 19 |
| 2009 | 12 | 18 |
| 2010 | 19 | 17 |
| 2011 | 15 | 20 |
| 2012 | 19 | 24 |
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| 2014 | 17 | 32 |
| 2015 | 35 | 36 |
| 2016 | 39 | 47 |
| 2017 | 46 | 57 |
| 2018 | 50 | 47 |
| 2019 | 52 | 53 |
| 2020 | 55 | 67 |
| 2021 | 48 | 62 |
| 2022 | 50 | 53 |
| 2023 | 58 | 57 |
| 2024 | 52 | 73 |
| 2025 | 46 | 77 |
| 2026 | 36 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Robotic arm cart having locking swivel joints and other position adjustment features and uses therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,752,829 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Transfer device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,961 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Omnidirectional biasing elements for a battery coupling in a materials handling vehicle, and materials handling vehicles incorporating the same15 Sep 2026US 12,735,085 B2Crown Equipment Corporation
- Pallet and handtruck25 Aug 2026US 12,715,492 B2Sysco Corporation
- Automated loading and unloading apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,703,413 B2Dimension Product Solutions LP
- Platform lifting and moving mechanism and combined platform1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296514 A1Suzhou Zhongchuang Aluminum Co., Ltd.
- Logistics module with shelves17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274318 A1
- Drive arrangement for a vehicle20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242018 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Flight vehicle carrier, flight vehicle carrying system, container, and flight vehicle carrying method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233771 A1Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Storage Device System13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233898 A1Keter Plastic Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Applying a particle beam to a patient148US 8,003,964 B2Still River Systems, Inc. · 2011
- Motion control system for materials handling vehicle133US 5,964,313 AThe Raymond Corporation · 1999
- Power-assisted pallet truck106US 6,260,646 B12001
- Auxiliary lifting forks for double-length pallet trucks67US 5,752,584 ACrown Equipment Corporation · 1998
- Moving system64US 6,079,941 ALee Inventions, Inc. · 2000