B29C 48/255
Flow control means
Official title: Flow control means, e.g. valves (flow dividers B29C48/695)
B29C48/255 (Flow control means) appears on 445 US grants and 460 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 445
- Published applications
- 460
- Assignees
- 289
- Inventors
- 922
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 15 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 13 |
| 2009 | 5 | 15 |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13 |
| 2012 | 9 | 14 |
| 2013 | 13 | 26 |
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| 2015 | 12 | 28 |
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| 2018 | 17 | 32 |
| 2019 | 22 | 27 |
| 2020 | 31 | 41 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 |
| 2022 | 21 | 24 |
| 2023 | 17 | 22 |
| 2024 | 22 | 25 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 |
| 2026 | 11 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for extruding a semi-finished product made of elastomeric material8 Sep 2026US 12,728,578 B2Pirelli Tyre S. P. A.
- Wood-grained polymer substrate16 Jun 2026US 12,654,384 B2Tangent Technologies LLC
- Methods for manufacturing bulked continuous filament from recycled pet9 Jun 2026US 12,649,261 B2Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation
- Methods for dispensing and forming 3A molecular sieve hot melt entrained polymers onto substrates28 Apr 2026US 12,611,809 B2CSP Technologies, Inc.
- Multi-lumen tube extrusion molding apparatus21 Apr 2026US 12,605,872 B2Pla Giken Co., Ltd.
- An Apparatus for Applying a Coating Material to a Wire20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241628 A1Tre Tau Engineering S.R.L.
- Device and method for the additive manufacture of a three-dimensional object23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208443 A1Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
- Method for dispensing discrete volumes23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208447 A1Arburg GmbH + Co KG
- Silicone manufacturing9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193416 A1Dow Global Technologies LLC
- System and method for blow molding plate components for articles of footwear25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175505 A1NIKE, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Control mechanism for end-effector maneuver245US 9,566,708 B22017
- Extruded synthetic wood composition and method for making same236US 5,516,472 AStrandex Corporation · 1996
- Single-motor extrusion head having multiple extrusion lines197US 7,604,470 B2Stratasys, Inc. · 2009
- Method for producing injection molded multilayer articles98US 5,202,074 AThe Dow Chemical Company · 1993
- Thickness control system for an extrusion die84US 3,940,221 AWelex Incorporated · 1976