B65G 17/08
The surface being formed by the traction element
Official title: the surface being formed by the traction element
B65G17/08 (The surface being formed by the traction element) appears on 833 US grants and 586 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 833
- Published applications
- 586
- Assignees
- 241
- Inventors
- 843
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2020 | 35 | 23 |
| 2021 | 15 | 10 |
| 2022 | 18 | 32 |
| 2023 | 20 | 28 |
| 2024 | 25 | 36 |
| 2025 | 31 | 25 |
| 2026 | 14 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Modular conveyor belt with dedicated access module8 Sep 2026US 12,729,066 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Conveyor belt and belt conveying apparatus25 Aug 2026US 12,715,700 B2Tsubaki Yamakyu Chain Co.
- Side flexing modular conveyor belt and hinge pin therefor, as well as method of transferring tensile load in a side flexing modular conveyor belt18 Aug 2026US 12,709,483 B2Rexnord Flattop Europe B.V.
- Conveyor belt clean-out roller systems and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,709,486 B2Cambridge International, Inc.
- Conveyor belts and modules with slide bodies14 Jul 2026US 12,679,659 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Modular conveyor belt with article movers24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285605 A1Laitram, L. L. C.
- Conveyor module with improved product release and conveyor belts and conveyor chains having same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264996 A1
- Automatic horizontal and vertical butt welding apparatus and method thereof for expandable profile liners27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250073 A1Shenzhen University
- Self-extinguishing conveyor components27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250483 A1Laitram, L. L. C.
- Maintenance chain for conveyor belt6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225815 A1Solid Steel Solutions And Repair LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Conveyor belt having insertable & selectable conveying member103US 4,832,183 ALaitram, L. L. C. · 1989
- Modular roller-top conveyor belt with obliquely-arranged rollers93US 6,494,312 B2Laitram, L. L. C. · 2002
- Modular roller-top conveyor belt89US 6,148,990 ALaitram, L. L. C. · 2000
- Low friction flat-top article carrying chain78US 4,436,200 ARexnord Inc. · 1984
- Modular link conveyor system76US 4,953,693 ASpan Tech LLC · 1990