F03D 80/55
Cleaning
Official title: Cleaning (F03D80/40 takes precedence)
F03D80/55 (Cleaning) appears on 62 US grants and 89 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03D- Granted patents
- 62
- Published applications
- 89
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 160
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 14 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10 |
| 2012 | 7 | 4 |
| 2013 | 8 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device for wind turbine blade and tower maintenance and a system for raising and lowering the device28 Apr 2026US 12,612,899 B2Aerones America LLC
- Wind-turbine maintenance device10 Feb 2026US 12,546,291 B2Aerones America LLC
- Method for wind turbine blade mechanical de-icing with a line3 Feb 2026US 12,540,603 B2Aerones America LLC
- System and method for cleaning wind turbine blades and solar panels4 Nov 2025US 12,460,622 B2
- Device for cleaning and maintaining interior of hub in wind turbine nacelle30 Sep 2025US 12,429,035 B2Huaneng Fuxin Windy Power Generator Co., Ltd.
- Device for wind turbine blade and tower maintenance and a system for raising and lowering the device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266265 A1Aerones America LLC
- Wind turbine lubrication system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235113 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Efficient laser-based cleaning for rotating machine parts9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192339 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Autonomous flying vehicle11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159258 A1Reblade Aps
- Method of replacing bearing grease in a wind turbine3 Jul 2025US 2025/0215859 A1Renew Energy Maintenance, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Clamp, self-advancing climbing device, and method of coupling same to a tubular23US 8,201,787 B2ITI Scotland Limited · 2012
- Wind turbine blade system with air passageway18US 8,449,255 B2BTPatent LLC · 2013
- Wind turbine blade inspection and cleaning system15US 8,281,442 B2General Electric Company · 2012
- Blade maintenance device for wind turbine13US 9,574,549 B2Samsung Heavy Ind.Co., Ltd. · 2017
- Method and apparatus for cleaning and de-icing wind turbine rotor blades11US 8,062,431 B2General Electric Company · 2011