B66B 7/04
Riding means
Official title: {Riding means, e.g.} Shoes, Rollers, {between car and guiding means, e.g. rails, ropes (rollers adapted to match the shape of a special guiding means B66B7/02; vibration attenuation systems acting between car and its supporting frame B66B11/026)}
B66B7/04 (Riding means) appears on 230 US grants and 207 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 230
- Published applications
- 207
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 441
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 9 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Autonomous elevator car mover configured with guide wheels6 Oct 2026US 12,753,046 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Suspension device and use thereof in an elevator system, and method8 Sep 2026US 12,729,095 B2Inventio AG
- Sliding guide shoe and elevator25 Aug 2026US 12,715,737 B2Kone Corporation
- Elevator safety braking device21 Jul 2026US 12,686,594 B2
- Elevator parking brake, method for operating an elevator parking brake, and control device for an elevator parking brake7 Jul 2026US 12,673,846 B2Kone Corporation
- Elevator guide rail clamp and method of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307942 A1Wurtec, Incorporated
- Device and method for installing and adjusting pressure of roller guide, and elevator system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285643 A1Otis Elevator Company
- Arrangement for Hoisting Machine in Forced-Drive Home Elevator and Home Elevator16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200703 A1Suzhou Modern Fuji Elevator Co., Ltd.
- Elevator system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184539 A1Kone Corporation
- Elevator roller pressure adjustment assembly and adjustment method, elevator guide shoe and elevator system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159355 A1Otis Elevator Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-degree of freedom magnetorheological devices and system for using same133US 5,492,312 ALord Corporation · 1996
- Elevator apparatus provided with guiding device used for preventing passenger cage vibration40US 5,086,882 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1992
- Elevator cab guidance assembly35US 5,117,946 AOtis Elevator Company · 1992
- Active vibration control system for an elevator, which reduces horizontal and rotational forces acting on the car34US 5,294,757 AOtis Elevator Company · 1994
- Actuator having a two ended actuator rod movable longitudinally and transversely31US 5,535,853 AOtis Elevator Company · 1996