B65H 2403/50
Driving mechanisms
B65H2403/50 (Driving mechanisms) appears on 1,300 US grants and 1,182 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 1,300
- Published applications
- 1,182
- Assignees
- 397
- Inventors
- 2,371
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 9 |
| 2002 | 33 | 45 |
| 2003 | 43 | 29 |
| 2004 | 27 | 35 |
| 2005 | 16 | 31 |
| 2006 | 15 | 31 |
| 2007 | 17 | 27 |
| 2008 | 19 | 48 |
| 2009 | 33 | 63 |
| 2010 | 54 | 49 |
| 2011 | 46 | 60 |
| 2012 | 49 | 56 |
| 2013 | 68 | 56 |
| 2014 | 67 | 64 |
| 2015 | 65 | 92 |
| 2016 | 65 | 67 |
| 2017 | 85 | 56 |
| 2018 | 63 | 71 |
| 2019 | 68 | 64 |
| 2020 | 42 | 49 |
| 2021 | 46 | 33 |
| 2022 | 35 | 41 |
| 2023 | 35 | 29 |
| 2024 | 37 | 36 |
| 2025 | 24 | 21 |
| 2026 | 23 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sheet storage apparatus and image forming system including the same8 Sep 2026US 12,729,082 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Feeder module1 Sep 2026US 12,722,917 B2Bobst Mex SA
- Input handling for media processing devices11 Aug 2026US 12,703,591 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Medium supply device and image forming apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,703,592 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Multi-mode bulk banknote feeder21 Jul 2026US 12,688,747 B2Crane Payment Innovations, Inc.
- Multi-mode bulk banknote feeder24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290107 A1Crane Payment Innovations, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for handling sheet electrodes27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250089 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Roller assemblies with selectively protruding fins6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225653 A1
- Replacement apparatus for film reels and wrapping machine6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225840 A1Aetna Group S.P.A.
- Sheet material feeding device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217486 A1Sankyo Seisakusho Co.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for placing discrete parts transversely onto a moving web143US 5,556,504 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1996
- Loading mechanism for a modular commercial printer114US 6,386,535 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2002
- Method and apparatus for placing discrete parts onto a moving web107US 6,022,443 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2000
- Method for placing discrete parts transversely onto a moving web86US 6,319,347 B1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2001
- Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus using the same74US 5,927,702 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999