B66C 23/207
With supporting couples provided by wind turbines
Official title: {with supporting couples provided by wind turbines}
B66C23/207 (With supporting couples provided by wind turbines) appears on 114 US grants and 162 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 114
- Published applications
- 162
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 262
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 13 | 9 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 8 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 | 12 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14 |
| 2024 | 14 | 19 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Jib crane for a wind turbine, jib crane kit, transport system and maintenance system as well as methods26 May 2026US 12,638,006 B2Nordex Energy Spain, S.A.U.
- Top-loading tower crane systems and associated methods21 Apr 2026US 12,606,423 B2National Oilwell Varco, L. P.
- Method for lifting or lowering components to or from a location on an off-shore wind turbine generator and handshake-tool for use in the method24 Mar 2026US 12,584,460 B2Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Multiple up-tower lifting appliances on wind turbines24 Mar 2026US 12,584,465 B2
- Extension yoke for self-hoisting crane, a self-hoisting wind turbine crane with an extension yoke, and use of an extension yoke10 Feb 2026US 12,545,555 B2Liftra IP Aps
- Crane with tower connection mechanism8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307952 A1Liftra IP Aps
- Wind turbine mounted crane1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296845 A1Liftra IP Aps
- Apparatus and method for transporting a wind turbine component to and/or at an offshore wind turbine1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298204 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Method for lifting or lowering components to or from a location on an off-shore wind turbine generator and handshake-tool for use in the method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218682 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Base assembly for a tower mounted crane9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097934 A1Liftra IP Aps
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wind turbine58US 4,311,434 AAgency of Industrial Science and Technology · 1982
- Guide rail climbing lifting platform and method44US 6,357,549 B1D. H. Blattner & Sons, Inc. · 2002
- Lifting system and apparatus for constructing wind turbine towers23US 7,877,934 B2Wind Tower Systems, LLC · 2011
- Wind turbine erector18US 8,011,098 B22011
- Method and system for performing operations on a wind turbine15US 7,735,808 B2Ecotecnia, s. coop.c.l. · 2010