A61F 2220/0033
Made by longitudinally pushing a protrusion into a complementary-shaped recess
Official title: made by longitudinally pushing a protrusion into a complementary-shaped recess, e.g. held by friction fit
A61F2220/0033 (Made by longitudinally pushing a protrusion into a complementary-shaped recess) appears on 3,581 US grants and 3,699 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 3,581
- Published applications
- 3,699
- Assignees
- 1,022
- Inventors
- 4,677
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 59 | 77 |
| 2025 | 58 | 77 |
| 2026 | 37 | 38 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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