B66B 21/10
Moving walkways
B66B21/10 (Moving walkways) appears on 130 US grants and 118 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 130
- Published applications
- 118
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 207
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 13 |
| 2016 | 9 | 15 |
| 2017 | 13 | 9 |
| 2018 | 13 | 10 |
| 2019 | 10 | 12 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Assembled passenger conveying system, method of assembling the same, and modularized device8 Sep 2026US 12,729,098 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Handrail systems for moving walkways11 Aug 2026US 12,703,607 B2Beltways Inc.
- Automatic conveying device, method for determining the presence of external objects, and automatic start method16 Jun 2026US 12,654,996 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Seat systems for moving walkways21 Apr 2026US 12,606,420 B2Beltways Inc.
- Variable speed moving walkway systems5 Aug 2025US 12,378,097 B2Beltways Inc.
- Seat systems for moving walkways30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217497 A1Beltways Inc.
- Systems and methods for variable speed modular moving walkways29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028203 A1Beltways Inc.
- Systems and methods for variable speed modular moving walkways26 Jun 2025US 2025/0206572 A1Beltways Inc.
- Comb plate for conveyor device, and conveyor device6 Feb 2025US 2025/0042698 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Systems and methods for variable speed modular moving walkways26 Dec 2024US 2024/0425325 A1Beltways Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Moving walkway47US 5,044,485 ALoderway Pty. Limited · 1991
- Transportable rescue conveyer41US 7,308,968 B22007
- Accelerating walkway30US 4,232,776 ADean Research Corporation · 1980
- Endless conveyor with locally varying speeds20US 4,284,191 A1981
- Accelerating and decelerating moving walkway15US 3,939,959 AThe Boeing Company · 1976