B66F 17/00
Safety devices
Official title: Safety devices, e.g. for limiting or indicating lifting force
B66F17/00 (Safety devices) appears on 1,045 US grants and 1,366 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66F- Granted patents
- 1,045
- Published applications
- 1,366
- Assignees
- 500
- Inventors
- 2,200
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 3 |
| 2002 | 13 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 15 |
| 2004 | 8 | 21 |
| 2005 | 3 | 12 |
| 2006 | 8 | 18 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 |
| 2008 | 9 | 28 |
| 2009 | 10 | 23 |
| 2010 | 16 | 25 |
| 2011 | 16 | 22 |
| 2012 | 20 | 29 |
| 2013 | 19 | 24 |
| 2014 | 22 | 42 |
| 2015 | 30 | 51 |
| 2016 | 39 | 57 |
| 2017 | 51 | 53 |
| 2018 | 41 | 77 |
| 2019 | 54 | 80 |
| 2020 | 70 | 95 |
| 2021 | 62 | 103 |
| 2022 | 68 | 98 |
| 2023 | 72 | 100 |
| 2024 | 102 | 117 |
| 2025 | 89 | 140 |
| 2026 | 72 | 109 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Alert system6 Oct 2026US 12,753,057 B2Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for limiting operation of a lift device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,058 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- Systems and methods for flush placement of pallets by an autonomous forklift29 Sep 2026US 12,747,142 B2Symbotic LLC
- 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.
- Multifunctional lifting vehicle and related obstacle detection and display system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307966 A1Merlo Project S.r.l.
- Lift device innovations8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307968 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Industrial Truck8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307969 A1Linde Material Handling GmbH
- Anti-falling apparatus, transport robot, and anti-falling device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310238 A1Hai Robotics Co., Ltd.
- Load Handling Device for an Industrial Truck8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311360 A1AKL-tec GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dimensional detection system and associated method143US 8,134,717 B2Dynamic Motion Control, Inc. · 2012
- 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
- Industrial truck with a camera device127US 7,629,996 B2STILL GmbH · 2009
- Personnel safety utilizing time variable frequencies123US 8,248,263 B2PSST Mobile Equipment Ltd. · 2012