B66C 11/06
Running on monorails
Official title: running on monorails (overhead railway systems B61B)
B66C11/06 (Running on monorails) appears on 66 US grants and 55 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 66
- Published applications
- 55
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 160
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 10 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Monorail hoist transportation robot driven by permanent magnet and variable frequency of explosion-proof lithium battery9 Jun 2026US 12,649,644 B2China University of Mining and Technology
- High-precision positioning system for underground monorail hoist in coal mine and positioning method thereof7 Jan 2025US 12,187,332 B2China University of Mining and Technology
- Ceiling carrier1 Oct 2024US 12,106,992 B2Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Lifting mechanism for overhead monorail and overhead monorail17 Sep 2024US 12,091,289 B2Taiyuan University of Technology
- Article transport vehicle10 Sep 2024US 12,087,607 B2Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Monorail hoist transportation robot driven by permanent magnet and variable frequency of explosion-proof lithium battery29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028205 A1China University of Mining and Technology
- Trolley Single Point Adjustment System27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361091 A1
- Low Headroom Hook Block for Wire Rope Hoist13 Feb 2025US 2025/0051146 A1Columbus McKinnon Corporation
- High-precision positioning system for underground monorail hoist in coal mine and positioning method thereof8 Feb 2024US 2024/0043247 A1China University of Mining and Technology
- Hoist for transferred materials in underground auxiliary transportation system and method thereof30 Nov 2023US 2023/0382691 A1Changzhou Development & Manufacture Centre Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Traveling mechanism in a lifting arrangement which is moveable on rails29US 6,058,849 AMannesmann Aktiengesellschaft · 2000
- Crane trolley27US 4,423,685 AMannesmann Aktiengesellschaft · 1984
- Hoist apparatus26US 6,966,544 B2MHE Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- Overhead monorail system18US 6,450,318 B1TEC Engineering Corporation · 2002
- Trolley for the overhead transportation of loads on monorail15US 4,716,839 AFata European Group S.p.A. · 1988