B66C 1/00
Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes
Official title: Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles (fastening to cables or ropes F16G11/00)
B66C1/00 (Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes) appears on 3,727 US grants and 2,856 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 3,727
- Published applications
- 2,856
- Assignees
- 1,874
- Inventors
- 6,106
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 72 | 0 |
| 1977 | 63 | 0 |
| 1978 | 66 | 0 |
| 1979 | 52 | 0 |
| 1980 | 51 | 0 |
| 1981 | 72 | 0 |
| 1982 | 45 | 0 |
| 1983 | 45 | 0 |
| 1984 | 55 | 0 |
| 1985 | 56 | 0 |
| 1986 | 47 | 0 |
| 1987 | 61 | 0 |
| 1988 | 48 | 0 |
| 1989 | 44 | 0 |
| 1990 | 45 | 0 |
| 1991 | 48 | 0 |
| 1992 | 45 | 0 |
| 1993 | 46 | 0 |
| 1994 | 55 | 0 |
| 1995 | 56 | 0 |
| 1996 | 50 | 0 |
| 1997 | 56 | 0 |
| 1998 | 66 | 0 |
| 1999 | 67 | 0 |
| 2000 | 82 | 0 |
| 2001 | 45 | 13 |
| 2002 | 65 | 47 |
| 2003 | 65 | 53 |
| 2004 | 22 | 65 |
| 2005 | 31 | 57 |
| 2006 | 42 | 59 |
| 2007 | 48 | 62 |
| 2008 | 38 | 82 |
| 2009 | 43 | 96 |
| 2010 | 54 | 107 |
| 2011 | 74 | 110 |
| 2012 | 85 | 101 |
| 2013 | 112 | 113 |
| 2014 | 95 | 110 |
| 2015 | 100 | 146 |
| 2016 | 120 | 123 |
| 2017 | 116 | 133 |
| 2018 | 133 | 126 |
| 2019 | 132 | 159 |
| 2020 | 137 | 157 |
| 2021 | 150 | 200 |
| 2022 | 122 | 153 |
| 2023 | 135 | 174 |
| 2024 | 160 | 175 |
| 2025 | 140 | 139 |
| 2026 | 70 | 96 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B66C 1/10Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes3,276
- B66C 1/02Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes284
- B66C 1/04Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes176
- B66C 1/68Mounted on, or guided by, jibs88
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By later US patents
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- Cable array robot for material handling131US 6,826,452 B1The Penn State Research Foundation · 2004
- Device for supporting and handling loads by means of vacuum operated suction pads122US 4,557,659 AM. Scaglia S.p.A. · 1985