B62D 55/265
Having magnetic or pneumatic adhesion
Official title: having magnetic or pneumatic adhesion
B62D55/265 (Having magnetic or pneumatic adhesion) appears on 87 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 87
- Published applications
- 80
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 201
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tethered mobile climbing robot for inspecting tanks in confined environments11 Aug 2026US 12,703,445 B2
- 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
- Adhesion devices for transport assemblies to engage non-metallic surfaces9 Dec 2025US 12,491,956 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Mobile IoT unit for cleaning grease vents23 Sep 2025US 12,422,864 B1
- Adhesion devices for transport assemblies to engage non-metallic surfaces3 Oct 2024US 2024/0326517 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- A caterpillar apparatus for moving along a surface19 Sep 2024US 2024/0308605 A1
- Inspection robot system for customs inspection of container-loaded cargo23 May 2024US 2024/0165824 A1Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Underwater robot for removing marine biofouling from hulls of floating units, with system for containing and capturing waste15 Feb 2024US 2024/0051645 A1Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
- Hybrid surface-traversing apparatus and method25 Jan 2024US 2024/0025497 A1International Climbing Machines, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reconfigurable mobile vehicle with magnetic tracks262US 5,363,935 ACarnegie Mellon University · 1994
- Reconfigurable mobile vehicle with magnetic tracks207US 5,435,405 ACarnegie Mellon University · 1995
- Surface traversing apparatus and method52US 6,964,312 B2International Climbing Machines, Inc. · 2005
- Electromagnetic vehicle46US 3,960,229 A1976
- Robotic apparatus42US 5,487,440 A1996