B66F 9/0755
Position control
Official title: {Position control; Position detectors}
B66F9/0755 (Position control) appears on 819 US grants and 1,209 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66F- Granted patents
- 819
- Published applications
- 1,209
- Assignees
- 418
- Inventors
- 2,040
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 81 | 134 |
| 2024 | 107 | 124 |
| 2025 | 120 | 160 |
| 2026 | 88 | 115 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Multifunctional lifting vehicle and relative smart display device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,144 B2Merlo Project S.r.l.
- Handling machine comprising a manually operable control device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,147 B2Manitou Bf
- Unloading control device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,148 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
- Mobile robot and control method therefor, and controller8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307963 A1VisionNav Robotics USA Inc.
- Handling machine having an arm and corresponding control method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307965 A1Manitou Bf
- Multifunctional lifting vehicle and related obstacle detection and display system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307966 A1Merlo Project S.r.l.
- Load Handling Device for an Industrial Truck8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311360 A1AKL-tec GmbH
- Robot and robot-based material box detection method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295855 A1Beijing Geekplus Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Selectively operable industrial truck225US 5,938,710 AFiat Om Carrelli Elevatori S.p.A. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for determining position and rotational orientation of an object211US 7,845,560 B2Sky-Trax, Inc. · 2010
- Radio frequency identification systems for asset tracking200US 6,669,089 B22003
- Warehouse vehicle navigation system and method168US 9,317,037 B2Vocollect, Inc. · 2016
- Dimensional detection system and associated method143US 8,134,717 B2Dynamic Motion Control, Inc. · 2012