B66C 23/52
Floating cranes
Official title: Floating cranes (floating dredgers E02F)
B66C23/52 (Floating cranes) appears on 279 US grants and 282 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 279
- Published applications
- 282
- Assignees
- 161
- Inventors
- 488
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 10 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 13 |
| 2011 | 4 | 9 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13 |
| 2016 | 12 | 14 |
| 2017 | 15 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 14 |
| 2019 | 22 | 27 |
| 2020 | 24 | 15 |
| 2021 | 18 | 24 |
| 2022 | 13 | 24 |
| 2023 | 11 | 17 |
| 2024 | 23 | 22 |
| 2025 | 21 | 20 |
| 2026 | 13 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Floating inspection sensor elevator system15 Sep 2026US 12,735,303 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Vessel and a method of inserting a monopile into a guide18 Aug 2026US 12,709,854 B2Iqip Holding B.V.
- Catamaran floating offshore wind turbine transportation and installation vessel28 Jul 2026US 12,692,840 B1
- 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
- Support structure for crane, crane comprising said support structure, vessel comprising such crane1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296846 A1GustoMSC B.V.
- Method and system for compensating motion of a suspended object13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233977 A1Delta Laboratories Holding B.V.
- Crane system including a tugger winch and tugger line30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217498 A1Itrec B V
- 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
- Floating intervention vessel for temporarily docking on an offshore wind turbine platform and associated intervention assembly and system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200561 A1Technip Energies France
Most cited
By later US patents
- Accommodations to exchange containers between vessels62US 4,762,456 A1988
- Coordinated control of two shipboard cranes for cargo transfer with ship motion compensation33US 8,195,368 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2012
- Apparatus, systems and methods for erecting an offshore wind turbine assembly31US 7,112,010 B12006
- Inverted pedestal crane29US 6,491,174 B1Friede & Goldman, Ltd. · 2002
- Cable stay crane18US 4,067,446 A1978