G05D 2107/50
Confined spaces
Official title: Confined spaces, e.g. tanks, pipelines, tunnels or containers
G05D2107/50 (Confined spaces) appears on 27 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 27
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 41
- Inventors
- 193
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 | 24 |
| 2026 | 11 | 19 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Motion control method for adaptive self-reconfigurable pipeline robot based on environmental perception26 May 2026US 12,638,858 B2Southeast University
- Method and internet of things (IoT) system for prediction and maintenance of smart gas pipeline19 May 2026US 12,632,834 B2Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co., Ltd.
- Remotely deployed and operated drone-based sealed tank inspections12 May 2026US 12,625,505 B2Oceaneering International, Inc.
- Unmanned aerial vehicle28 Apr 2026US 12,612,776 B2ACSL Ltd.
- Localization of a device within an enclosed bulk store for granular material28 Apr 2026US 12,613,536 B2Grain Weevil Corporation
- Movement and management of piled granular material24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288159 A1Grain Weevil Corporation
- Management of piled granular material with vertical surface projections27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252101 A1Grain Weevil Corporation
- Distributed computer processing and integrated robotics networks for lunar bases and space stations13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236357 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Method for gradually training precision magnetic field control system for controlling three-dimensional position of micro/nano robot30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219671 A1Miracure, Inc.
- Path planning method, controller and autonomous mobile machine30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219678 A1VisionNav Robotics USA Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drone for inspection of enclosed space and method thereof113US 8,874,283 B1United Dynamics Advanced Technologies Corporation · 2014
- Autonomous inspector mobile platform55US 8,024,066 B2RedZone Robotics, Inc. · 2011
- Drone for inspection of enclosed space and method thereof4US 9,382,002 B1United Dynamics Advanced Technologies Corporation · 2016
- Transformable swarm robots for pipe inspection and maintenance2US 11,947,362 B1United Arab Emirates University · 2024
- Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing interactive inspection map for inspection robot2US 12,358,141 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc. · 2025