Patent assignee · IT · COMPANY

Comau S.p.A.

151Patents
72Active
151Granted
51Portfolio score

Filing activity: Feb 14, 1979 → Mar 30, 2022 · 12 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5195388A Articulated robot Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Expired
US5178032A Robot wrist Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
USD492282S1 Device for controlling, programming and/or teaching automatic systems such as robots or the like General 61 Expired
US4442335A Side aperture welding assembly system Performing Operations; Transporting 54 Expired
US4533823A Coding systems for elements of machine tools, particularly of the numerically controlled type Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US5400943A Device for spot welding of structures formed of pressed sheet metal elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US5902496A Device for spot welding of structures constituted by metal elements, particularly motor-vehicle bodies or sub-assemblies thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US5397047A Device for spot welding of structures constituted by sheet metal elements, particularly motor-vehicle bodies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US5323309A Algorithm for optimizing data sampling in a discrete periodic system with a bounded rate of change for the discrete system periods Physics 30 Expired
US6014909A Robot wrist Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US5115115A Apparatus for welding motor-vehicle bodies Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US7413056B2 Load lifting device Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US4763401A Automatic tool-changing device for industrial robots Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
USD837294S1 Educational robot General 27 Active
US5606235A Industrial robot with integrated reduction gear units Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
US6008471A Device for spot-welding of motor-vehicle bodies or subassemblies thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
USRE36541E Device for spot welding of structures formed of pressed sheet metal elements General 26 Expired
US7164971B2 System for programming robots or similar automatic apparatuses, comprising a portable programming terminal Physics 25 Expired
US6138889A Device for assembling motor-vehicle bodies by spot-welding Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US5064991A Device for laser welding motor-vehicle bodies Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US4494687A Expanded car body welding assembly system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US4466765A Mechanized store Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US4682722A Welding systems for motor vehicles bodies Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US4534546A Device for locating and locking a work holding pallet on a machine tool fixture Performing Operations; Transporting 19 Expired
US10005184B2 Industrial robot and a method for controlling an industrial robot Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.