B65G 47/49
Without bodily contact between article or load carrier and automatic control device
Official title: without bodily contact between article or load carrier and automatic control device {, e.g. the destination marks being electrically or electronically detected}
B65G47/49 (Without bodily contact between article or load carrier and automatic control device) appears on 91 US grants and 77 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 91
- Published applications
- 77
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 210
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 11 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020 | 12 | 9 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10 |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods and arrangements for identifying and sorting items29 Sep 2026US 12,746,577 B1Dmrc LLC
- Transport device having a storage device, and method for operating same14 Jul 2026US 12,679,665 B2Ferag AG
- Systems and methods for providing singulation of objects for processing using object movement redistribution2 Sep 2025US 12,404,117 B2Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
- Apparatus for moving and sorting articles5 Aug 2025US 12,378,081 B2Immobiliare Metalprogetti S.R.L.
- Systems and methods for processing objects29 Apr 2025US 12,286,310 B2Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
- Battery manufacturing system and method, automated plant including the battery manufacturing system, and machine-readable medium10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265001 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Conveyor device and automatic guided vehicle system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208973 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Automated item-handling and loading system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184512 A1
- Unmanned warehouse-goods sorting operation device21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262645 A1Hangzhou City University
- Systems and methods for processing objects7 Aug 2025US 2025/0250124 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic article sorting system122US 4,058,217 AUnisearch Limited · 1977
- Systems and methods for providing singulation of objects for processing55US 10,538,394 B2Berkshire Grey, Inc. · 2020
- Optical code reading system with dynamic image regionalization38US 10,229,301 B2Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L. · 2019
- High speed tilted belt sorter31US 6,015,039 AUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc. · 2000
- Device for identifying and sorting objects22US 5,101,983 AMeccanizzazione Postale e Automazione S.p.A. · 1992