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B66C 13/32

for operating grab bucket hoists by means of one or more electric motors used both for hosting and lowering the loads and for opening and closing the bucket jaws (other aspects or rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms specially adapted for actuating grab buckets B66D1/62)

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Other constructional features or details > Control systems or devices (exclusively for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D1/40) > for electric drives (transmitting control pulses B66C13/40; systems or devices of general application H02P) > for operating grab bucket hoists by means of one or more electric motors used both for hosting and lowering the loads and for opening and closing the bucket jaws (other aspects or rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms specially adapted for actuating grab buckets B66D1/62)

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  • B66C 13/34 through differential or planetary gearing
  • B66C 13/36 Single-motor-drive control systems
  • B66C 13/38 Systems controlling independent motors

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B66, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. INVENTIO CH 3,939
  2. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,810
  3. KONE CORPORATION FI 3,008
  4. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,333
  5. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,254
  6. HITACHI 1,195
  7. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 1,065
  8. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 961
  9. INVENTIO 828
  10. CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION US 828