Lifting devices specially adapted for particular uses not otherwise provided for: for
Official title: for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations ({Working platforms on fork-lift trucks B66F9/127; } vehicle aspects of service vehicles B60P3/14; platforms for cleaning windows A47L3/02; devices for rescuing persons from buildings A62B1/02; liftable or lowerable platforms for use on ladders E06C7/16; maintenance travellers for bridges E01D19/10; scaffolds on an extensible sub-structure E04G1/22)
B66F11/04 (Lifting devices specially adapted for particular uses not otherwise provided for: for) appears on 1,383 US grants and 1,310 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66F- Granted patents
- 1,383
- Published applications
- 1,310
- Assignees
- 511
- Inventors
- 2,116
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1984 | 25 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | 4 |
| 2002 | 25 | 20 |
| 2003 | 21 | 17 |
| 2004 | 13 | 17 |
| 2005 | 10 | 26 |
| 2006 | 14 | 20 |
| 2007 | 14 | 16 |
| 2008 | 11 | 30 |
| 2009 | 13 | 28 |
| 2010 | 9 | 29 |
| 2011 | 21 | 29 |
| 2012 | 22 | 34 |
| 2013 | 22 | 57 |
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| 2017 | 34 | 55 |
| 2018 | 52 | 63 |
| 2019 | 60 | 82 |
| 2020 | 58 | 77 |
| 2021 | 62 | 92 |
| 2022 | 47 | 80 |
| 2023 | 65 | 89 |
| 2024 | 77 | 111 |
| 2025 | 87 | 99 |
| 2026 | 65 | 108 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for limiting operation of a lift device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,058 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- Slew drive system for aerial platform leveling15 Sep 2026US 12,735,307 B2Altec Industries, Inc.
- Controller for an aerial lift vehicle8 Sep 2026US 12,729,101 B2Terex South Dakota, Inc.
- Mobile elevated work platform vehicles with novel steering system and related methods1 Sep 2026US 12,722,691 B2
- Bi-directional charging system for a lift1 Sep 2026US 12,722,955 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- Lift device innovations8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307968 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Machine for handling a load and/or a person1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296855 A1Manitou Bf
- Power track assembly for lift device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296862 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Crush Avoidance Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296863 A1Equipment Safety Systems Pty Ltd
- Systems and methods for restricting operation of a lift device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296864 A1Oshkosh Corporation
Most cited
- Boom with mast assembly142US 7,207,713 B2Shook Mobile Technology, LP · 2007
- Boom with mast assembly141US 6,763,635 B1Shook Mobile Technology, LP · 2004
- Control system for aerial work platform machine and method of controlling an aerial work platform machine140US 4,456,093 AInterstate Electronics Corporation · 1984
- Leveling system for lift device134US 9,890,024 B2Oshkosh Corporation · 2018
- Prime mover110US 4,558,758 A1985