B66B 5/16
Braking or catch devices operating between cars, cages, or skips and fixed
Official title: Braking or catch devices operating between cars, cages, or skips and fixed guide elements or surfaces in hoistway or well
B66B5/16 (Braking or catch devices operating between cars, cages, or skips and fixed) appears on 549 US grants and 529 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 549
- Published applications
- 529
- Assignees
- 122
- Inventors
- 877
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 10 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 14 |
| 2008 | 2 | 10 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 10 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 13 | 14 |
| 2013 | 7 | 11 |
| 2014 | 6 | 20 |
| 2015 | 13 | 31 |
| 2016 | 16 | 22 |
| 2017 | 29 | 50 |
| 2018 | 31 | 40 |
| 2019 | 37 | 41 |
| 2020 | 31 | 58 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 |
| 2022 | 42 | 40 |
| 2023 | 43 | 31 |
| 2024 | 39 | 30 |
| 2025 | 19 | 15 |
| 2026 | 21 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electromechanical sensing and safety actuation of elevator governors15 Sep 2026US 12,735,298 B1Otis Elevator Company
- Suspension device and use thereof in an elevator system, and method8 Sep 2026US 12,729,095 B2Inventio AG
- Compact electromechanical activation system for a lift safety device8 Sep 2026US 12,729,096 B2Dynatech, Dynamics & Technology, S.L.
- Brake system for use in shaft and inclined conveyor systems1 Sep 2026US 12,722,940 B2SIEMAG TECBERG GmbH
- Setting a rescue time period25 Aug 2026US 12,715,735 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Brake system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274614 A1Inventio AG
- Free-fall protection assembly for elevator system and method of operation thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274615 A1HCL Technologies Limited
- Elevator apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274616 A1Hitachi, Ltd.
- Electronic safety actuator system, elevator car and counterweight10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265020 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Elevator safety actuator systems16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200700 A1Otis Elevator Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Brake regulating apparatus for an elevator car118US 5,648,644 AInventio AG · 1997
- Eddy current brake system with dual use conductor fin62US 6,412,611 B1Magnetar Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- Safety mechanism for preventing unintended motion in traction elevators57US 4,923,055 ADelaware Capital Formation, Inc. · 1990
- Elevator safety apparatus44US 5,096,020 AKone Elevator GmbH · 1992
- Magnetic latch mechanism and method particularly for linear and rotatable brakes44US 5,791,442 AOrscheln Management Co. · 1998