B64F 1/305
Bridges extending between terminal building and aircraft
Official title: Bridges extending between terminal building and aircraft, e.g. telescopic, vertically adjustable
B64F1/305 (Bridges extending between terminal building and aircraft) appears on 267 US grants and 261 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64F- Granted patents
- 267
- Published applications
- 261
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 348
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Refuelling structure26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084836 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
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- Airport ground support equipment9 Oct 2025US 2025/0313347 A1Shinmaywa Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Airport construction59US 9,108,744 B22015
- Telescoping conduit for pressurized air56US 4,357,860 AMcCormick-Morgan, Inc. · 1982
- Tele-robotic passenger loading bridge control system55US 5,226,204 ASubtechnique, Inc. · 1993
- Airtight telescoping rigid conduit49US 4,543,677 ATeledyne Industries, Inc. · 1985
- Passenger boarding bridge for servicing commuter aircraft36US 5,761,757 AFMC Corporation · 1998