B66F 7/02
Lifting frames: with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains or screws
Official title: with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains {or screws and movable along pillars}
B66F7/02 (Lifting frames: with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains or screws) appears on 351 US grants and 264 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66F- Granted patents
- 351
- Published applications
- 264
- Assignees
- 183
- Inventors
- 551
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 13 | 14 |
| 2025 | 13 | 15 |
| 2026 | 5 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lift system4 Aug 2026US 12,698,048 B2
- Lifting device for lifting and lowering loads30 Jun 2026US 12,668,464 B2Mohr Lizenz Verwaltungs GmbH
- Vertical handling platform for motor vehicles14 Apr 2026US 12,600,607 B2O.ME.R. S.p.A.
- Double-wide independent platform parking lift31 Mar 2026US 12,590,470 B2BendPak, Inc.
- Multi-use platform for a mobile robot24 Mar 2026US 12,583,637 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Ceiling mounted storage system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307961 A1Ozil Lifts Pty Ltd
- Serving robot2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183968 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Two-post vehicle lift and adapter system for material handling vehicles11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159363 A1Mohawk Lifts, LLC
- Locking elbow jointed automotive lift arms30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116717 A1BendPak, Inc.
- Aircraft mobility lift apparatus and method23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108400 A1Kruckeberg Industries, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for disabling an obstructed lift mechanism92US 4,638,886 ASta-Rite Industries, Inc. · 1987
- Hydro-pneumatic positioner for removal/or installation of wing engines of aircrafts and the like82US 4,440,265 AAlitalia Linee Aeree Italiane S.p.A. · 1984
- Self-adjusting pneumatic load elevator52US 5,299,906 A1994
- Vehicle lift48US 4,599,034 A1986
- Transportable lift47US 5,911,408 AStertil B. V. · 1999