B66C 3/00
Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes
Official title: Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith and intended primarily for transmitting lifting forces to loose materials; Grabs (buckets and other containers B65D, e.g. pallets B65D19/00; dredges equipped with grabs E02F)
B66C3/00 (Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes) appears on 318 US grants and 206 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66C- Granted patents
- 318
- Published applications
- 206
- Assignees
- 192
- Inventors
- 482
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2 |
| 2008 | 7 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 3 | 11 |
| 2013 | 7 | 11 |
| 2014 | 3 | 11 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 |
| 2016 | 6 | 9 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021 | 9 | 20 |
| 2022 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12 |
| 2024 | 16 | 15 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Crane with saw attachment mechanism15 Sep 2026US 12,735,301 B2Fascan International, Inc.
- Multifunctional grapple-heel combination device for use with a manipulation machine18 Aug 2026US 12,709,520 B2Treklos, LLC
- Work machine and control device for work machine26 May 2026US 12,637,827 B2Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Load weighing link member on a crane arm12 May 2026US 12,623,887 B1Tajfun Planina Proizvodnja Strojev D.O.O.
- Work machine and work machine support system28 Apr 2026US 12,612,758 B2Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Pipe handling system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250105 A1
- Grapple bucket13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234885 A1Weedoo Greenboat, Inc
- Deep Foundation Excavator13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234897 A1Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Tiltrotator arrangement including a tiltrotator and a valve23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210069 A1Rototilt Group AB
- System and Method for Moving a Mill Liner within a Mill14 May 2026US 2026/0131487 A1Russell Mineral Equipment Pty Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pattern recognition system95US 3,936,800 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1976
- Rotatable hydraulic grapple54US 5,330,242 A1994
- Rotatable vacuum lifting and transporting apparatus47US 5,791,861 A1998
- Hydrodynamic swing damper and tree handling vehicle incorporating the same41US 5,026,248 ALogging Development Corporation · 1991
- Detachable rotatable grapple41US 6,457,761 B1Grapple Works, Inc. · 2002