E02B 17/04
Equipment specially adapted for raising, lowering, or immobilising the working platform relative
Official title: Equipment specially adapted for raising, lowering, or immobilising the working platform relative to the supporting construction (platform lifts in general B66F7/00)
E02B17/04 (Equipment specially adapted for raising, lowering, or immobilising the working platform relative) appears on 305 US grants and 221 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02B- Granted patents
- 305
- Published applications
- 221
- Assignees
- 206
- Inventors
- 505
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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| 2002 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2022 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Submersible data center mountable on a submersible platform24 Feb 2026US 12,559,895 B2
- Apparatus, system and methods for moving a load between a floating vessel and a submerged position30 Dec 2025US 12,509,189 B2Grant Prideco, L.P.
- Experiment device for spudcan penetration and pullout of jack-up rig9 Dec 2025US 12,492,525 B2China University of Petroleum-Beijing
- Windmill construction and a method for assembly of a windmill construction14 Oct 2025US 12,442,359 B2Tebina Energi AS
- Mobile offshore carbon capture and sequestration systems and methods using jack-up structure7 Oct 2025US 12,435,601 B2Vtec Consulting LLC
- Counteracting coupling assembly for force distribution in a rack and pinion system of a jackup vessel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308861 A1GustoMSC B.V.
- Submergible water activity platform with linear actuator drive assembly27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250923 A1JSV Group, Inc.
- Mobile offshore carbon capture and sequestration systems and methods using jack-up structure8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009314 A1Vtec Consulting LLC
- Internal jacket leveling tool7 Aug 2025US 2025/0250757 A1Oil States Industries, Inc.
- Assembly and method for lowering monopiles from a floating vessel10 Jul 2025US 2025/0223011 A1Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Leg-holding device for offshore platform48US 4,813,814 ASumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. · 1989
- Mobile, offshore, self-elevating (jack-up) unit leg/hull rigidification system41US 4,269,543 AFreiede & Goldman, Ltd. · 1981
- Hovercraft work platform41US 6,200,069 B12001
- Self-contained offshore platform38US 4,227,831 ARaymond International Builders, Inc. · 1980
- Locking device for oil platforms32US 4,627,768 ATechnip Geoproduction · 1986