B66C 23/68
Foldable or otherwise adjustable in configuration
Official title: foldable or otherwise adjustable in configuration
B66C23/68 (Foldable or otherwise adjustable in configuration) appears on 103 US grants and 131 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 103
- Published applications
- 131
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 257
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 10 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Crane with saw attachment mechanism15 Sep 2026US 12,735,301 B2Fascan International, Inc.
- Deployable and fully foldable davit crane25 Aug 2026US 12,715,744 B2
- Auxiliary tip for the boom of a work machine16 Dec 2025US 12,497,271 B2Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
- Quick coupling with improved visibility21 Oct 2025US 12,448,260 B2Manitou Italia S.R.L.
- System for lifting and moving heavy objects30 Sep 2025US 12,428,272 B2Norled AS
- A Method and an Auxiliary Boom for a Crane System20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242187 A1Liftra IP Aps
- System for alignment of jib to crane11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159362 A1
- Crane4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152373 A1Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Crane and method21 May 2026US 2026/0138854 A1Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
- Foldable superlift device, crane, and tensioning control system and method7 May 2026US 2026/0125248 A1Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lifting system32US 5,758,785 A1998
- Boom for material transport20US 10,876,308 B2Fastbrick IP Pty Ltd · 2020
- Boom for material transport13US 10,865,578 B2Fastbrick IP Pty Ltd · 2020
- Controlling operations of a reach tower crane12US 5,769,251 AKomatsu Ltd. · 1998
- Lattice piece for a large mobile crane and method of erecting the same11US 7,703,615 B2Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH · 2010