B60G 17/02
Spring characteristics
Official title: Spring characteristics {, e.g. mechanical springs and mechanical adjusting means}(B60G17/005, B60G17/015 take precedence)
B60G17/02 (Spring characteristics) appears on 2,571 US grants and 2,087 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60G- Granted patents
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 120 | 112 |
| 2025 | 100 | 81 |
| 2026 | 64 | 57 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60G 17/04Fluid spring characteristics1,707
- B60G 17/027Mechanical springs regulated by fluid means305
- B60G 17/021The mechanical spring being a coil spring276
- B60G 17/033Characterised by regulating means acting on more than one spring206
- B60G 17/025The mechanical spring being a torsion spring93
- B60G 17/023The mechanical spring being a leaf spring62
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