B66C 1/0287
Other shapes
Official title: {Other shapes, e.g. triangular or oval}
B66C1/0287 (Other shapes) appears on 32 US grants and 31 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 32
- Published applications
- 31
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 60
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vacuum gripper10 Feb 2026US 12,544,881 B2
- Vacuum gripper17 Jun 2025US 12,330,271 B2Nemo Power Tools Ltd.
- Vacuum gripper4 Jun 2024US 11,999,030 B2Nemo Power Tools Ltd.
- Removably detachable, modular power pack for a vacuum pad lifter26 Sep 2023US 11,767,197 B2Vacuworx Global, LLC
- Vacuum gripper4 Jul 2023US 11,691,250 B2Nemo Power Tools Ltd.
- Vacuum gripper26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084267 A1Grabo LTD
- Suction-cup gripper device and flip-over assembly9 Jan 2025US 2025/0010495 A1Velec Systems
- Vacuum gripper22 Aug 2024US 2024/0278388 A1Nemo Power Tools Ltd.
- Vacuum Gripper25 Jul 2024US 2024/0246200 A1Nemo Power Tools Ltd.
- Vacuum gripper21 Sep 2023US 2023/0294251 A1Nemo Power Tools Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vacuum-assisted carton or box lifter73US 9,061,868 B1Wepco., Inc. · 2015
- Vacuum cup construction54US 4,852,926 A1989
- Vacuum lifting device for handling sheet material29US 4,925,225 ADost Incorporated · 1990
- Elastic suction plates for delicate objects24US 4,931,341 AMasa Maschinenfabrik Olga Kossmann · 1990
- Battery lift apparatus for electric vehicles19US 5,707,094 AChrysler Corporation · 1998