B66F 17/003
Safety devices: for fork-lift trucks
Official title: {for fork-lift trucks}
B66F17/003 (Safety devices: for fork-lift trucks) appears on 499 US grants and 674 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66F- Granted patents
- 499
- Published applications
- 674
- Assignees
- 240
- Inventors
- 1,143
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 25 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Alert system6 Oct 2026US 12,753,057 B2Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for flush placement of pallets by an autonomous forklift29 Sep 2026US 12,747,142 B2Symbotic LLC
- Ultra wide band based zone determination system1 Sep 2026US 12,724,140 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Front scanner level for a material handling vehicle18 Aug 2026US 12,709,527 B2Toyota Material Handling, Inc.
- Method for proactive safety18 Aug 2026US 12,710,763 B2Fort Robotics, Inc.
- Industrial Truck8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307969 A1Linde Material Handling GmbH
- Load Handling Device for an Industrial Truck8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311360 A1AKL-tec GmbH
- Lift device with lateral stability system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285659 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Rearward mast forklift chassis17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274627 A1
- Method for loading and/or unloading a loading space using an autonomous loading vehicle and safeguarding system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274632 A1Sick AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dimensional detection system and associated method143US 8,134,717 B2Dynamic Motion Control, Inc. · 2012
- 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
- Load condition indicating method and apparatus for forklift truck118US 4,511,974 AKabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho · 1985
- Industrial vehicle safety system99US 6,784,800 B2Signal Tech · 2004