E04H 6/18
With means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical
Official title: with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions (E04H6/14 takes precedence)
E04H6/18 (With means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical) appears on 321 US grants and 281 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04H- Granted patents
- 321
- Published applications
- 281
- Assignees
- 143
- Inventors
- 580
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 0 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 9 |
| 2009 | 1 | 9 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13 |
| 2011 | 6 | 8 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 20 |
| 2014 | 8 | 13 |
| 2015 | 11 | 6 |
| 2016 | 9 | 5 |
| 2017 | 14 | 17 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15 |
| 2019 | 14 | 25 |
| 2020 | 19 | 25 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 |
| 2022 | 14 | 13 |
| 2023 | 13 | 20 |
| 2024 | 20 | 12 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026 | 7 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- E04H 6/22Characterised by use of movable platforms for horizontal transport , i.e. cars108
- E04H 6/28Characterised by use of turntables or rotary rings for horizontal transport72
- E04H 6/24Characterised by use of dollies for horizontal transport , i.e. cars being61
- E04H 6/182Using car-gripping transfer means44
- E04H 6/185Using comb-type transfer means29
- E04H 6/188Using only vertical transport means24
- E04H 6/20Characterised by use of conveyor chains or rotatable rollers for horizontal transport11
- E04H 6/181The cars rolling freely from the transfer means8
Recent patents
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- Parking system comprising at least two parking space rows8 Sep 2026US 12,729,555 B2Klaus Multiparking GmbH
- Parking facility for motor vehicles23 Jun 2026US 12,662,835 B2Woehr Autoparksysteme GmbH
- System for docking vehicle to building and control method of the same5 May 2026US 12,620,018 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Double-wide independent platform parking lift31 Mar 2026US 12,590,470 B2BendPak, Inc.
- Building integrated photovoltaics parking garage with thermal insulation effects3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261230 A1
- Automated parking system for pallet-based vehicle storage13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234956 A1Parkstory GmbH
- Unit storage system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217461 A1
- A system for parking one or more vehicles30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218530 A1
- Recreational vehicle docking systems and methods for providing the same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201718 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mechanized and automatically managed installation for storing objects such as cars88US 5,425,612 A1995
- Apparatus for storing objects in a storage block85US 5,707,199 A1998
- Automatic mechanized system for the storage of objects84US 5,718,551 A1998
- Automated multistorey parking building64US 5,069,592 A1991
- Palletless loading structure for storage system53US 6,948,899 B22005