E21C 35/08
Guiding the machine
E21C35/08 (Guiding the machine) appears on 145 US grants and 66 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E21C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 66
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 205
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sensor system of underground mining vehicles and underground mining vehicle comprising sensor system5 May 2026US 12,618,327 B2Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
- Rotary boring mining machine inertial steering system7 Apr 2026US 12,595,733 B2The Mosaic Company
- Rackbar rotation limit24 Mar 2026US 12,584,409 B2Joy Global Underground Mining LLC
- Guide shoe for mining machine5 Aug 2025US 12,378,883 B2Joy Global Underground Mining LLC
- Rotary boring mining machine inertial steering system18 Jun 2024US 12,012,855 B2The Mosaic Company
- Wellbore controllable chamber-forming granular-flow mining system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226817 A1Blueland Technology Limited
- Guide shoe for mining machine2 Apr 2026US 2026/0092521 A1Joy Global Underground Mining LLC
- Sensor system of underground mining vehicles and underground mining vehicle comprising sensor system24 Apr 2025US 2025/0129719 A1Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
- Method For Controlling A Shearer In Three Dimensions And System13 Mar 2025US 2025/0084763 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Method and a control node for controlling a mining rig5 Dec 2024US 2024/0401479 A1Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for controlling the position of a mineral mining machine108US 4,571,003 AGewerkschaft Eisenhutte Westfalia · 1986
- Stratum boundary sensor for continuous excavators52US 5,092,657 A1992
- Radar mining guidance control system40US 7,659,847 B2Stolar, Inc. · 2010
- Guides for mineral mining machines20US 4,391,471 AGewerkschaft Eisenhutte Westfalia · 1983
- Apparatus for automatically adjusting the cutting horizon of a mining extraction apparatus19US 5,553,925 AWestfalia Becorit Industrietechnik GmbH · 1996