B66C 17/12
For handling workpieces
Official title: for handling workpieces, e.g. ingots, which require to be supported temporarily within, or withdrawn from, a treatment chamber, e.g. tong cranes, soaking-pit cranes, stripper cranes (for manipulating ingots during forging B66C17/18; grippers for handling or stripping castings or ingots during manufacture B22D29/00)
B66C17/12 (For handling workpieces) appears on 9 US grants and 7 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 9
- Published applications
- 7
- Assignees
- 9
- Inventors
- 18
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cross rail structure for OHT system and OHT system using the same7 Apr 2026US 12,594,977 B2Semes Co., Ltd.
- Low profile transfer mechanism for controlled environment24 Sep 2024US 12,098,026 B2Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Hot swap condenser for immersion cooling12 Sep 2023US 11,758,687 B2Liquidstack Holding B.V.
- Hot swap condensor for immersion cooling26 Oct 2021US 11,160,194 B2Liquidstack Holding B.V.
- Slab transfer handling system25 May 2004US 6,739,826 B2Kvaerner U.S. Inc.
- Article Transport Vehicle30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116667 A1Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Low profile transfer mechanism for controlled environment30 Jan 2025US 2025/0033878 A1Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Cross rail structure for oht system and oht system using the same22 Jun 2023US 2023/0192158 A1Semes Co., Ltd.
- Hot swap condensor for immersion cooling6 Jan 2022US 2022/0007540 A1Liquidstack Holding B.V.
- Low profile transfer mechanism for controlled environment5 Aug 2021US 2021/0237972 A1Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Most cited
By later US patents
- Positive grip lifting mechanism36US 4,360,110 AAMCA International Corporation · 1982
- Billet grab19US 4,736,971 AAcme Machine Works, Inc. · 1988
- Hot swap condensor for immersion cooling6US 11,160,194 B2Liquidstack Holding B.V. · 2021
- Crane with a gripping device for handling slabs6US 4,008,814 A1977
- Variable grip lifting mechanism3US 4,727,996 AAMCA International Corporation · 1988