B65G 57/02
Stacking of articles: by adding to the top of the stack
Official title: by adding to the top of the stack
B65G57/02 (Stacking of articles: by adding to the top of the stack) appears on 1,203 US grants and 957 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Liner system, and unload stacking assembly and method therefor29 Sep 2026US 12,747,112 B2Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
- Device for manufacturing power storage module and method for manufacturing power storage module15 Sep 2026US 12,735,272 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
- Palletizer system with centralized palletizing patterns1 Sep 2026US 12,722,914 B2Toyota Automated Logistics Americas, LLC
- Automated container stacking stations25 Aug 2026US 12,715,715 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Simulated box placement for algorithm evaluation and refinement25 Aug 2026US 12,715,716 B2Dexterity, Inc.
- Chaining of tires by robotic means using three-dimensional viewing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295852 A1Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
- Pallet return assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285622 A1Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Lumber assembly and finishing system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257394 A1Columbia Insurance Company
- Transport Vehicle27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250067 A1Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Storage system for rolled or cylindrical products20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242133 A1Steelholder LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic freight stacking system181US 4,692,876 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1987
- Tortilla counter-stacker125US 6,053,695 AITE, Inc. · 2000
- Heterogeneous fleet of robots for collaborative object processing121US 9,733,646 B1X Development LLC · 2017
- Robotic containerization system96US 6,201,203 B1Northrop Grumman Corporation · 2001
- Method and apparatus for buffering a flow of objects89US 6,957,941 B2F. R. Drake Company · 2005