A24F 40/48
Fluid transfer means
Official title: Fluid transfer means, e.g. pumps
A24F40/48 (Fluid transfer means) appears on 2,123 US grants and 4,098 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24F- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vaporizing device and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,486 B1Terp Chasers Club LLC
- Aerosol-generating arrangement for generating an inhalable aerosol from an aerosol-forming liquid6 Oct 2026US 12,751,489 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Atomizer and aerosol generating device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,492 B2Changzhou Patent Electronic Technology Co., Ltd
- Hand-held inhalable vapor producing device and method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,064 B2
- Atomizer and electronic atomization device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,795 B2Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited
- Aerosol generating device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305689 A1Beijing WONZ Technology Co. Ltd
- Aerosol-generating device with article detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305692 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol generating device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305707 A1Kt&G Corporation
- Heater assembly and cartridge8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305709 A1HG Innovation Limited
- Aerosol delivery device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305710 A1Imperial Tobacco Limited
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By later US patents
- Dispenser1,019US 5,894,841 APonwell Enterprises Limited · 1999
- Flavor-generating device934US 6,155,268 AJapan Tobacco Inc. · 2000
- Electrical smoking article using liquid tobacco flavor medium delivery system900US 5,666,977 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1997
- Dosing device to provide vaporized medicament to the lungs as a fine aerosol833US 4,735,217 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1988
- Piezo inhaler771US 6,196,218 B12001