B66B 23/16
Means allowing tensioning of the endless member
B66B23/16 (Means allowing tensioning of the endless member) appears on 30 US grants and 24 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 30
- Published applications
- 24
- Assignees
- 9
- Inventors
- 66
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automatic conveying device and maintenance method therefor16 Jun 2026US 12,654,995 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Automatic transport device16 Sep 2025US 12,415,709 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Handrail tension monitoring device for a passenger transport system24 Jun 2025US 12,338,101 B2Inventio AG
- Continuously conveying passenger transport system, which can be walked on, having a charging possibility for mobile devices21 Jun 2022US 11,365,096 B2Inventio AG
- Plate conveyor21 Jun 2022US 11,365,097 B1Innova Patent GmbH
- Handrail tensioning device and escalator installation module comprising the same22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021996 A1Kone Corporation
- Automatic conveying device and maintenance method therefor7 Nov 2024US 2024/0367944 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Automatic transport device23 May 2024US 2024/0166473 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Handrail tension monitoring device for a passenger transport system9 Nov 2023US 2023/0356983 A1Inventio AG
- Plate conveyor30 Jun 2022US 2022/0204317 A1Innova Patent GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Escalator having handrail/drive-wheel self-adjusting traction mechanism14US 5,782,333 AOtis Elevator Company · 1998
- Moving handrail drive belt tensioning device11US 5,207,308 AOtis Elevator Company · 1993
- Automatically adjusting escalator handrail system9US 6,460,679 B1Otis Elevator Company · 2002
- Handrail roller bow adjustment8US 5,188,209 AOtis Elevator Company · 1993
- Travelator and method for controlling the operation of a travelator8US 7,861,843 B2Kone Corporation · 2011