B66F 7/00
Lifting frames
Official title: Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts ({B66F11/04 takes precedence } ; for lift-truck platform B66F9/06)
B66F7/00 (Lifting frames) appears on 1,857 US grants and 1,638 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66F- Granted patents
- 1,857
- Published applications
- 1,638
- Assignees
- 927
- Inventors
- 3,213
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 23 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 30 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 27 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 9 |
| 2002 | 37 | 33 |
| 2003 | 41 | 38 |
| 2004 | 37 | 40 |
| 2005 | 25 | 35 |
| 2006 | 22 | 51 |
| 2007 | 31 | 34 |
| 2008 | 15 | 45 |
| 2009 | 19 | 61 |
| 2010 | 20 | 55 |
| 2011 | 32 | 47 |
| 2012 | 43 | 45 |
| 2013 | 31 | 45 |
| 2014 | 35 | 48 |
| 2015 | 48 | 58 |
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| 2017 | 61 | 57 |
| 2018 | 59 | 88 |
| 2019 | 78 | 95 |
| 2020 | 74 | 107 |
| 2021 | 76 | 107 |
| 2022 | 80 | 105 |
| 2023 | 92 | 118 |
| 2024 | 100 | 100 |
| 2025 | 88 | 98 |
| 2026 | 51 | 63 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B66F 7/06Lifting frames: with platforms supported by levers for vertical movement815
- B66F 7/28Constructional details445
- B66F 7/10Lifting frames: with platforms supported directly by jacks361
- B66F 7/02Lifting frames: with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains or screws351
- B66F 7/24Lifting frames: for raising or lowering vehicles by their own power196
- B66F 7/22Lifting frames: with tiltable platforms120
- B66F 7/26Lifting frames: for selective lifting of parts of vehicles59
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for limiting operation of a lift device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,058 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- Lift and rotate unit for lifting and rotating a plurality of payloads22 Sep 2026US 12,741,854 B2Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Slew drive system for aerial platform leveling15 Sep 2026US 12,735,307 B2Altec Industries, Inc.
- Apparatus for delivering torque struts to and removing torque struts from an aircraft landing gear1 Sep 2026US 12,722,803 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Lifting bridge, particularly for motor vehicles1 Sep 2026US 12,722,949 B2O.ME.R. S.p.A.
- Stable apparatus for delivering torque struts to and removing torque struts from an aircraft landing gear8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307819 A1Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Ceiling mounted storage system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307961 A1Ozil Lifts Pty Ltd
- Leveling ramp1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296851 A1Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
- Lifting System for Lifting a Vehicle Comprising a Data Aggregation System and Methods for Lifting Such Vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285655 A1Stertil B. V.
- Combination two post vehicle and vehicle component lift24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285656 A1BendPak, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and three-axis patient positioning assembly for use therewith166US 4,771,785 AResonex, Inc. · 1988
- Lifting table96US 4,577,821 ATorbjorn Edmo AB · 1986
- Apparatus for disabling an obstructed lift mechanism92US 4,638,886 ASta-Rite Industries, Inc. · 1987
- Multipurpose lift apparatus and method92US 5,829,948 ASusanne Becklund, Adminstratix · 1998
- Energy-recycling scissors lift91US 4,558,648 ALift-R Technologies, Inc. · 1985