B66C 17/00
Overhead travelling cranes comprising one or more substantially horizontal girders the ends
Official title: Overhead travelling cranes comprising one or more substantially horizontal girders the ends of which are directly supported by wheels or rollers running on tracks carried by spaced supports
B66C17/00 (Overhead travelling cranes comprising one or more substantially horizontal girders the ends) appears on 337 US grants and 330 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 337
- Published applications
- 330
- Assignees
- 250
- Inventors
- 801
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 5 | 16 |
| 2011 | 9 | 10 |
| 2012 | 10 | 9 |
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| 2014 | 7 | 11 |
| 2015 | 17 | 14 |
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| 2018 | 12 | 12 |
| 2019 | 21 | 26 |
| 2020 | 24 | 17 |
| 2021 | 16 | 22 |
| 2022 | 14 | 25 |
| 2023 | 20 | 22 |
| 2024 | 18 | 30 |
| 2025 | 23 | 19 |
| 2026 | 16 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Transferring unit, article transferring system, and control method of transferring unit29 Sep 2026US 12,747,107 B2Semes Co., Ltd.
- Dynamic storage system and methods thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,715,687 B2Nerv Industries Ltd.
- Mapping of a crane spreader and a crane spreader target25 Aug 2026US 12,715,742 B2Amlab Pty Ltd
- Mobile crane systems and methods11 Aug 2026US 12,703,405 B2
- Mounting assemblies for overhead rail systems and overhead rail systems to support a lift unit28 Jul 2026US 12,692,132 B2Liko Research & Development AB
- Overhead transport vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296839 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Method for installing a heavy load in a supporting structure and a system built according to the method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296843 A1Dsd Heavy Lift AG
- Overhead transport vehicle system and overhead transport vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285650 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Unit storage system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217461 A1
- Switchboard power equipment lifting device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217500 A1Ls Electric Co., Ltd.
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By later US patents
- Boom with mast assembly142US 7,207,713 B2Shook Mobile Technology, LP · 2007
- Boom with mast assembly141US 6,763,635 B1Shook Mobile Technology, LP · 2004
- Three-dimensional lift138US 4,243,147 A1981
- Automated marine container terminal and system84US 7,972,102 B2Marine Terminals Corporation · 2011
- Methods and apparatus for manipulation of heavy payloads with intelligent assist devices43US 7,185,774 B2The Stanley Works · 2007