B62D 55/075
Tracked vehicles for ascending or descending stairs, steep slopes or vertical surfaces
Official title: Tracked vehicles for ascending or descending stairs, {steep slopes or vertical surfaces}(magnetic or pneumatic ground-engaging parts B62D55/265; chairs or multi-track cycles specially adapted for invalids A61G5/00)
B62D55/075 (Tracked vehicles for ascending or descending stairs, steep slopes or vertical surfaces) appears on 266 US grants and 236 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 266
- Published applications
- 236
- Assignees
- 138
- Inventors
- 423
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 8 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17 |
| 2009 | 11 | 9 |
| 2010 | 7 | 6 |
| 2011 | 9 | 19 |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 |
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| 2020 | 11 | 8 |
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| 2022 | 9 | 5 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Crawler type vehicle configured for traveling along a structure, method of hanging/suspending the vehicle for carrying out a crawler-like traveling motion along the structure, and use of at least one crawler type drive unit for active traveling motion19 May 2026US 12,630,240 B2Ceilix AG
- Ceiling suspension arrangement exhibiting at least one crawler type ceiling unit as well as method of suspending the ceiling unit at a ceiling structure19 May 2026US 12,630,241 B2Ceilix AG
- Magnetically-attracting crawler moving device, multi-connected magnetically-attracting crawler moving device, and generator inspection robot24 Mar 2026US 12,583,537 B2Mitsubishi Generator Co., Ltd.
- Mobile robot20 Jan 2026US 12,528,180 B2Mobile Robot Technologies LLC
- Robotic pool cleaner23 Dec 2025US 12,503,877 B2Suzhou Smorobot Technology Co., Ltd.
- Off-road tracked vehicle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233657 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Mobile robot assembly systems and methods26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084284 A1Teledyne FLIR Defense, Inc.
- Crawler type vehicle configured for traveling along a structure, method of hanging/suspending the vehicle for carrying out a crawler-like traveling motion along the structure, and use of at least one crawler type drive unit for active traveling motion31 Jul 2025US 2025/0242875 A1Ceilix AG
- Ceiling suspension arrangement exhibiting at least one crawler type ceiling unit as well as method of suspending the ceiling unit at a ceiling structure24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236348 A1Ceilix AG
- Crawler type vehicle configured for traveling along a structure, method of hanging/suspending the vehicle for carrying out crawler-like traveling motion along the structure, and use of at least one crawler type drive unit for active traveling motion17 Jul 2025US 2025/0229853 A1Ceilix AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic platform257US 6,263,989 B1iRobot Corporation · 2001
- Hybrid robotic vehicle244US 4,977,971 AUniversity of Florida · 1990
- Robotic platform234US 6,431,296 B1iRobot Corporation · 2002
- Small all terrain mobile robot233US 5,022,812 ARemotec, Inc. · 1991
- Remote control mobile surveillance system216US 4,709,265 AAdvanced Resource Development Corporation · 1987