B65G 11/20
Auxiliary devices
Official title: Auxiliary devices, e.g. for deflecting, controlling speed of, or agitating articles or solids
B65G11/20 (Auxiliary devices) appears on 267 US grants and 232 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 267
- Published applications
- 232
- Assignees
- 222
- Inventors
- 622
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 11 |
| 2013 | 10 | 12 |
| 2014 | 12 | 4 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9 | 16 |
| 2017 | 9 | 15 |
| 2018 | 19 | 15 |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 |
| 2020 | 16 | 9 |
| 2021 | 12 | 13 |
| 2022 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023 | 9 | 19 |
| 2024 | 12 | 25 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 |
| 2026 | 14 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device for emptying conveying buckets during the sinking of shafts6 Oct 2026US 12,753,693 B2Herrenknecht AG
- Hopper for feeding bulk material6 Oct 2026US 12,753,920 B2Qlar Europe GmbH
- Mechanism(s) for de-jamming packages within material handling equipment (MHE)22 Sep 2026US 12,741,819 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Dynamic sorting of items in a conveyor system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,712 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Robot informed dynamic parcel inflow gating25 Aug 2026US 12,715,714 B2Dexterity, Inc.
- Temperature control in battery paste application hopper assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285604 A1Wirtz Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Airflow curtain assemblies for conveyor systems17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274584 A1Martin Engineering Company
- Retractable sliding chute and transport system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242156 A1Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Unloading and sorting system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233255 A1Nexobot Pty Ltd
- Resilient stepped log pusher and method for pushing logs to reduce vibrations and increase durability25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176080 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gravity feed flow-rack apparatus30US 5,894,942 AYazaki Industrial Chemical Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Conveyor device for inspecting containers and transporting them to selected destinations26US 5,934,440 ATomra Systems ASA · 1999
- Method and apparatus for diverting material26US 7,258,225 B2Martin Engineering Company · 2007
- Resilient conveyor rollers20US 4,006,810 AKornylak Corporation · 1977
- Filler collar for multiple scale weighing system17US 4,792,031 AKliklok Corporation · 1988