B66C 1/48
To vertical edge portions of sheets, tubes, or like thin or thin-walled
Official title: to vertical edge portions of sheets, tubes, or like thin or thin-walled articles (internally-expanding grippers B66C1/54)
B66C1/48 (To vertical edge portions of sheets, tubes, or like thin or thin-walled) appears on 84 US grants and 47 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 84
- Published applications
- 47
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 126
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pneumatically operated web lifting tongs16 Jun 2026US 12,654,997 B2Lm Wind Power A/S
- Gripping mechanism, assembly apparatus and component30 Apr 2024US 11,969,884 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Lifting clamp including pivot leg18 Oct 2022US 11,472,674 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Crane6 Sep 2022US 11,434,113 B2Tadano Ltd.
- Clamping device for lifting and transfer objects31 May 2022US 11,345,575 B2
- Latch assembly for lifting devices, cam pins therefor, lifting devices equipped therewith, and methods of operation14 May 2026US 2026/0132000 A1
- System for securing climbing structures to vertical bodies26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085660 A1Leunamme Technology, S.L.
- Pneumatically operated web lifting tongs6 Jun 2024US 2024/0181732 A1Lm Wind Power A/S
- Attachment for working machine27 Apr 2023US 2023/0125572 A1J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
- Gripping mechanism, assembly apparatus and component27 Jan 2022US 2022/0024053 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Clamp77US 3,986,746 AGuy-Chart Tools Limited · 1976
- Clamp assemblies for driving piles into the earth39US 5,609,380 AAmerican Piledriving Equipment, Inc. · 1997
- Locking gripper24US 4,093,042 A1978
- Automatically adjustable caisson clamp24US 6,896,448 B1American Piledriving Equipment, Inc. · 2005
- Clamp with movable jaw structure23US 4,850,630 AJ.C. Renfroe & Sons, Inc. · 1989