B66C 13/46
Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements
B66C13/46 (Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements) appears on 557 US grants and 676 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 557
- Published applications
- 676
- Assignees
- 283
- Inventors
- 1,193
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 4 |
| 2003 | 6 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 4 |
| 2007 | 5 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 | 26 |
| 2015 | 17 | 24 |
| 2016 | 22 | 23 |
| 2017 | 24 | 20 |
| 2018 | 20 | 30 |
| 2019 | 26 | 48 |
| 2020 | 30 | 54 |
| 2021 | 39 | 65 |
| 2022 | 39 | 83 |
| 2023 | 46 | 69 |
| 2024 | 79 | 63 |
| 2025 | 67 | 58 |
| 2026 | 38 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Cable array robot for material handling131US 6,826,452 B1The Penn State Research Foundation · 2004
- Crane safety devices and methods62US 6,744,372 B12004
- Method and apparatus for automatic operation of container crane55US 4,172,685 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1979
- Random inventory system54US 4,796,209 AAllegheny Ludlum Corporation · 1989
- Container inspection system50US 7,324,921 B2RFTrax, Inc. · 2008