B66C 23/185
For use erecting wind turbines
Official title: {for use erecting wind turbines (B66C23/207 takes precedence)}
B66C23/185 (For use erecting wind turbines) appears on 135 US grants and 188 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 135
- Published applications
- 188
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 270
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 12 | 14 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vessel and a method of inserting a monopile into a guide18 Aug 2026US 12,709,854 B2Iqip Holding B.V.
- Method and facility for assembling a plurality of floating wind turbines4 Aug 2026US 12,698,757 B2Fred. Olsen Ocean Ltd.
- Systems and methods for assembling and installing offshore wind turbines28 Jul 2026US 12,692,837 B2CCCC International Holding Limited
- Offshore wind turbine assembly vessel21 Jul 2026US 12,687,154 B2Itrec B V
- Marine crane and offshore vessel26 May 2026US 12,637,334 B2Itrec B V
- Wind turbine mounted crane1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296845 A1Liftra IP Aps
- Methods for installing a cable-supported rotor wind turbine27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251123 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- A Method and a Blade Lifting Yoke for Lifting a Wind Turbine Rotor Blade13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233976 A1Liftra IP Aps
- A Method for Controlling the Position of a Blade Lifting Yoke and a Blade Lifting Yoke for a Rotor Blade for a Wind Turbine13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235107 A1Liftra IP Aps
- Base for supporting a lift system in a nacelle of a wind turbine6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225862 A1LiftWerx Solutions Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods of handling wind turbine blades and mounting said blades on a wind turbine, system and gripping unit for handling a wind turbine blade41US 7,207,777 B2Vesta Wind Systems A/S · 2007
- Wind turbine erector18US 8,011,098 B22011
- Offshore wind turbine installation13US 8,640,340 B2Keppel Fels Ltd · 2014
- Method of securing and transferring a load between a vessel and an offshore installation and an apparatus therefor12US 10,569,977 B1Maersk Supply Service A/S · 2020
- Offshore wind turbine installation11US 8,701,579 B2Itrec B V · 2014