B23B 31/107
Retention by laterally-acting detents
Official title: Retention by laterally-acting detents, e.g. pins, screws, wedges; Retention by loose elements, e.g. balls
B23B31/107 (Retention by laterally-acting detents) appears on 723 US grants and 602 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23B- Granted patents
- 723
- Published applications
- 602
- Assignees
- 382
- Inventors
- 1,080
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 23 | 29 |
| 2025 | 18 | 22 |
| 2026 | 19 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23B 31/1071Retention by balls368
- B23B 31/1075Retention by screws198
- B23B 31/1072Retention by axially or circumferentially oriented cylindrical elements93
- B23B 31/10741Retention by substantially radially oriented pins62
- B23B 31/1078Retention by wedges41
- B23B 31/1079Retention by spring or wire19
- B23B 31/1073Retention by conical elements2
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