B66C 1/0237
Multiple lifting units
Official title: {Multiple lifting units; More than one suction area}
B66C1/0237 (Multiple lifting units) appears on 94 US grants and 93 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 94
- Published applications
- 93
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 200
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vacuum lifter for lifting objects located in confined spaces below grade7 Apr 2026US 12,595,156 B2Vacuworx Global, LLC
- Lift system17 Jun 2025US 12,330,922 B2
- Vacuum extraction for material sorting applications25 Feb 2025US 12,234,128 B2AMP Robotics Corporation
- Automated vacuum gripper and method for securely gripping components5 Nov 2024US 12,134,527 B2TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
- Photovoltaic power generation module installation support system17 Sep 2024US 12,091,238 B2Samsung C&T Corporation
- A lifting apparatus and a method for lifting a longitudinal bendable structure such as a wind turbine blade28 May 2026US 2026/0145914 A1Alvac Industry A/S
- Palletization/de-palletization picking device2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091486 A1Ocado Innovation Limited
- Precast structure handling system15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015878 A1Onx, Inc.
- Method for handling a gripping object by means of a vacuum handling device, and vacuum handling device4 Sep 2025US 2025/0276454 A1J. Schmalz GmbH
- Package picking unit that can be integrated in a mobile elevating platform19 Jun 2025US 2025/0197134 A1BRAVIISOL D.M. S.r.l.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for supporting and handling loads by means of vacuum operated suction pads122US 4,557,659 AM. Scaglia S.p.A. · 1985
- Gripping device operating by suction114US 4,389,064 AS.A. Joulin Sema · 1983
- Method for controlling vacuum-operated hoists and load protection device for vacuum-operated hoists73US 8,070,203 B22011
- Vacuum-assisted carton or box lifter73US 9,061,868 B1Wepco., Inc. · 2015
- Human power amplifier for lifting load including apparatus for preventing slack in lifting cable65US 6,386,513 B12002