B66C 1/54
Internally-expanding grippers for handling hollow articles
Official title: Internally-expanding grippers for handling hollow articles (B66C1/46 takes precedence)
B66C1/54 (Internally-expanding grippers for handling hollow articles) appears on 143 US grants and 82 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 143
- Published applications
- 82
- Assignees
- 84
- Inventors
- 214
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
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| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2020 | 7 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automated storage systems, and devices10 Feb 2026US 12,545,510 B2Ocado Innovation Limited
- Handling device and method for gripping and inserting a pile tube into a borehole25 Nov 2025US 12,480,271 B2BAUER Offshore Technologies GmbH
- Automated storage systems, and devices1 Jul 2025US 12,344,471 B2Ocado Innovation Limited
- Automated storage systems, and devices3 Jun 2025US 12,319,500 B2Ocado Innovation Limited
- Transport apparatus6 May 2025US 12,291,433 B2Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Upending Device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200705 A1Iqip Holding B.V.
- Internally flanged body lifting tool3 Jul 2025US 2025/0214809 A1F.Lli Righini S.R.L.
- Coupling system for lifting a heavy load and a male part3 Jul 2025US 2025/0214810 A1Iqip Holding B.V.
- Clutch assembly for handling a container12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187221 A1Belvac Production Machinery, Inc.
- Energy storage system and method22 May 2025US 2025/0163896 A1Energy Vault, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Internal elevator94US 4,320,915 AVarco International, Inc. · 1982
- Rapid installation tube gripper50US 4,643,472 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1987
- Roll handling equipment41US 4,149,682 A1979
- Jar stabilizer for pick-up assembly34US 4,340,249 AGeneral Foods Corporation · 1982
- Roll lift and transfer apparatus34US 4,358,143 ACentral Machine Corporation · 1982