B66B 23/02
Driving gear
B66B23/02 (Driving gear) appears on 279 US grants and 223 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 279
- Published applications
- 223
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 403
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 8 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14 |
| 2006 | 8 | 17 |
| 2007 | 9 | 10 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9 |
| 2010 | 6 | 7 |
| 2011 | 10 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 8 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 13 |
| 2016 | 7 | 12 |
| 2017 | 14 | 11 |
| 2018 | 15 | 14 |
| 2019 | 14 | 20 |
| 2020 | 17 | 10 |
| 2021 | 14 | 15 |
| 2022 | 12 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |
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.
- Escalator module and escalator30 Jun 2026US 12,668,459 B2Kone Corporation
- Apparatus and method for controlling an escalator system or an automated walkway system16 Jun 2026US 12,654,994 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Seat systems for moving walkways21 Apr 2026US 12,606,420 B2Beltways Inc.
- Escalator apparatus having a height-limiting device acting on step rollers, and use3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257893 A1TK Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH
- Seat systems for moving walkways30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217497 A1Beltways Inc.
- Modernization escalator25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176076 A1Hanson Lift (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- 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.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Abrasion resistant polyurethane article having a high rolling coefficient of friction33US 4,134,883 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1979
- Fixed track chain drive33US 4,498,890 AGeneral Electric Company · 1985
- Conveyor device32US 6,427,823 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2002
- Escalator25US 4,535,880 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1985
- Escalator/people mover bearing25US 5,072,821 AOtis Elevator Company · 1991