E02F 5/16
Machines for digging other holes in the soil
Official title: Machines for digging other holes in the soil (earth drilling E21)
E02F5/16 (Machines for digging other holes in the soil) appears on 67 US grants and 69 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02F- Granted patents
- 67
- Published applications
- 69
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 84
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 12 | 6 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Horizontal directional drilling system with drill string breakout monitoring12 May 2026US 12,624,601 B2Vermeer Manufacturing Company
- Systems and methods to provide pressed and aggregate filled concavities for improving ground stiffness and uniformity21 Apr 2026US 12,606,969 B2Ingios Geotechnics, Inc.
- Machine for performing excavations, in particular for drilling, and method associated to such machine25 Nov 2025US 12,480,278 B2Soilmec S.p.A.
- Apparatus and method for excavating a cone shaped pit3 Jun 2025US 12,320,094 B1
- Work machine with leader20 May 2025US 12,305,509 B2Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
- Deep Foundation Excavator13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234897 A1Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- A pipe jacking machine7 May 2026US 2026/0126131 A1Hk Ck Development Limited
- Systems and Methods to Provide Pressed and Aggregate Filled Concavities for Improving Ground Stiffness and Uniformity2 Jan 2025US 2025/0003167 A1Ingios Geotechnics, Inc.
- Horizontal directional drilling system with drill string breakout monitoring26 Sep 2024US 2024/0318538 A1Vermeer Manufacturing Company
- Core drill system for excavator19 Sep 2024US 2024/0309604 A1Egun Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Earth boring apparatus23US 4,417,628 A1983
- Horizontal auger for skidsteer tractors and the like22US 4,998,590 A1991
- Horizontal drilling machine16US 5,810,101 AEngineering Crossing Systems, (Partnership) · 1998
- Method for placing at least one duct/communication cable below a road surface in an area9US 9,537,292 B2DellCron AB · 2017
- Method and apparatus for point-repair of sewer and other utility lines6US 5,564,863 ATTI Trenchless Technologies, Inc. · 1996