A46B 5/0087
Mechanical joint featuring a ball and socket
Official title: {Mechanical joint featuring a ball and socket}
A46B5/0087 (Mechanical joint featuring a ball and socket) appears on 23 US grants and 30 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 23
- Published applications
- 30
- Assignees
- 17
- Inventors
- 68
- Latest grant
- 19 Apr 2022
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic irrigated bur426US 6,132,448 AStryker Corporation · 2000
- Adjustable mascara wand105US 4,165,755 A1979
- Brush with universal joints90US 4,654,922 A1987
- Angularly adjustable double headed toothbrush30US 4,796,325 A1989
- Flexible cleaning tool with replaceable non-woven pad29US 7,356,869 B2S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. · 2008