E02F 3/342
Buckets emptying overhead
Official title: Buckets emptying overhead (E02F3/348 - E02F3/358 take precedence)
E02F3/342 (Buckets emptying overhead) appears on 43 US grants and 55 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02F- Granted patents
- 43
- Published applications
- 55
- Assignees
- 21
- Inventors
- 93
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Loader with improved arm path25 Aug 2026US 12,716,189 B2Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
- Loader with improved arm path25 Aug 2026US 12,716,190 B2Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
- Loader with improved arm path10 Jun 2025US 12,325,971 B1Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
- Loader with improved arm path21 Jan 2025US 12,203,236 B1Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
- System comprising work machine, and work machine that create a two-dimensional image of a three-dimensional model7 Jan 2025US 12,188,209 B2Komatsu Ltd.
- Loader with improved arm path24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286644 A1Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
- Control systems and architectures for automated wheel loaders13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234904 A1Regents of the University of Minnesota
- System including work machine, control method of work machine, and controller of work machine2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185332 A1Komatsu Ltd.
- Determining that a target is not a predicted destination of a projected path of a machine28 May 2026US 2026/0146403 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Loader with improved arm path7 May 2026US 2026/0125872 A1Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lift boom assembly24US 7,264,435 B2Caterpillar SARL · 2007
- Multiple use earth working machine15US 4,088,236 AB. B. and M. Inc. · 1978
- Variable geometry bucket9US 10,132,050 B12018
- Working vehicle9US 7,128,518 B2Yanmar Co., Ltd. · 2006
- Automatic shift control system for a powertrain and method8US 9,097,344 B2Caterpillar Inc. · 2015