B65G 37/00
Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds
Official title: Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes (series of co-operating belt conveyor units B65G15/22; series of co-operating chain conveyor units B65G17/26; sequence control of combined conveyors B65G43/10)
B65G37/00 (Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds) appears on 1,037 US grants and 931 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 1,037
- Published applications
- 931
- Assignees
- 693
- Inventors
- 2,020
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 8 |
| 2002 | 13 | 11 |
| 2003 | 19 | 12 |
| 2004 | 12 | 23 |
| 2005 | 10 | 14 |
| 2006 | 11 | 19 |
| 2007 | 13 | 23 |
| 2008 | 12 | 44 |
| 2009 | 15 | 21 |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 |
| 2011 | 13 | 18 |
| 2012 | 20 | 12 |
| 2013 | 26 | 53 |
| 2014 | 25 | 64 |
| 2015 | 57 | 104 |
| 2016 | 99 | 79 |
| 2017 | 84 | 49 |
| 2018 | 56 | 45 |
| 2019 | 57 | 57 |
| 2020 | 49 | 44 |
| 2021 | 45 | 50 |
| 2022 | 33 | 43 |
| 2023 | 36 | 37 |
| 2024 | 37 | 28 |
| 2025 | 27 | 32 |
| 2026 | 12 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Mechanism(s) for de-jamming packages within material handling equipment (MHE)22 Sep 2026US 12,741,819 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Combination conveyor belt and method of manufacture1 Sep 2026US 12,722,899 B2Webster Industries
- Mining system with a flexible conveyor system1 Sep 2026US 12,723,512 B2Underground Extraction Technologies Pty LTD
- Picking system14 Jul 2026US 12,679,653 B2Hitachi, Ltd.
- Vacuum conveyor28 Apr 2026US 12,612,258 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Aligner device for redirecting items in conveyance1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296798 A1
- High-volume production line24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285608 A1Asmpt Smt Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Integrated conveyor system for efficient and automated handling of particulate materials from belly dump trailers17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274479 A1Belly2Box LLC
- Fully automated factory for solar plant17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274586 A1Terabase Energy, Inc.
- Side-by-side eliminator with sleeve covered rollers17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274588 A1Lewco, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for unloading items92US 8,444,369 B2Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2013
- Modular article conveyor90US 4,014,428 A1977
- Gripper blocks for reeled tubing injectors90US 5,094,340 AOtis Engineering Corporation · 1992
- Two-axis robot for specimen transfer86US 6,843,357 B2Cardinal Health 301, Inc. · 2005
- Semiconductor wafer handling and transport85US 8,500,388 B2Brooks Automation, Inc. · 2013