A61F 2002/30642
Having a single rolling ball articulating between two cups
Official title: {having a single rolling (or sliding) ball articulating between two cups}
A61F2002/30642 (Having a single rolling ball articulating between two cups) appears on 51 US grants and 61 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 51
- Published applications
- 61
- Assignees
- 21
- Inventors
- 60
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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