G21F 5/14
Devices for handling containers or shipping-casks
Official title: Devices for handling containers or shipping-casks, e.g. transporting devices {loading and unloading, filling of containers (cranes, load-engaging elements or devices for cranes, capstans, winches or tackles B66C)}
G21F5/14 (Devices for handling containers or shipping-casks) appears on 205 US grants and 232 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21F- Granted patents
- 205
- Published applications
- 232
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
- 472
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 11 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- X-ray device for checking the contents of closed cargo carriers183US 6,058,158 A2000
- Handling system for nuclear fuel casks42US 3,945,509 AMPR Associates, Inc. · 1976
- System for facilitating safe transfer of hazardous material39US 5,523,519 ADelaware Capital Formation, Inc. · 1996
- Below grade cask transfer facility36US 6,793,450 B2Holtec International · 2004
- Bottom block assembly with pivoting trunnion paddles29US 7,775,571 B2MHE Technologies, Inc. · 2010