B66B 15/02
Rope or cable carriers
B66B15/02 (Rope or cable carriers) appears on 135 US grants and 157 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 135
- Published applications
- 157
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 300
- Latest grant
- 30 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 8 | 17 |
| 2020 | 10 | 19 |
| 2021 | 18 | 13 |
| 2022 | 15 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Elevator car and elevator30 Dec 2025US 12,509,330 B2Hitachi, Ltd.
- Arrangement for detecting bearing failures in elevator25 Nov 2025US 12,479,698 B2Kone Corporation
- Elevator system with method of position detection of a car14 Oct 2025US 12,441,585 B2Kone Corporation
- Cable winch, method for winding a cable winch of this type, and crane having a cable winch7 Oct 2025US 12,434,949 B2Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
- Belt sheave for passenger conveyor systems6 Aug 2024US 12,055,206 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Elevator Car and Elevator26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084935 A1Hitachi, Ltd.
- Rack for machine roomless elevator system, elevator lifting drive and elevator system19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048965 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Elevator sheave liner, elevator sheave assembly, and elevator system13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346455 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Elevator sheave liner, elevator sheave assembly, and elevator system13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346456 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Universal elevator18 Sep 2025US 2025/0289685 A1Thoma Aufzuge GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rope drive element for driving synthetic fiber ropes34US 6,371,448 B1Inventio AG · 2002
- Tension member for an elevator34US 6,739,433 B1Otis Elevator Company · 2004
- Ether-based polyurethane elevator sheave liner-polyurethane-urea made from polyether urethane prepolymer chain extended with polyester/diamine blend30US 5,112,933 AOtis Elevator Company · 1992
- Traction elevator system having cable groove in drive sheave formed by spaced, elastically deflectable metallic ring members29US 4,030,569 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1977
- Vibration suppressing device for elevator29US 5,025,893 AOtis Elevator Company · 1991