B60H 1/00485
Valves for air-conditioning devices
Official title: {Valves for air-conditioning devices, e.g. thermostatic valves}
B60H1/00485 (Valves for air-conditioning devices) appears on 471 US grants and 570 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60H- Granted patents
- 471
- Published applications
- 570
- Assignees
- 190
- Inventors
- 1,256
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 |
| 2002 | 6 | 1 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 13 |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 7 |
| 2015 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 4 | 13 |
| 2017 | 8 | 14 |
| 2018 | 13 | 15 |
| 2019 | 17 | 32 |
| 2020 | 17 | 44 |
| 2021 | 31 | 40 |
| 2022 | 45 | 54 |
| 2023 | 40 | 63 |
| 2024 | 46 | 90 |
| 2025 | 60 | 74 |
| 2026 | 39 | 69 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Valve set integrated module, thermal management system, and vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,797 B2BYD Company Limited
- Ball valve and vehicle thermal management device comprising same15 Sep 2026US 12,736,142 B2Hanon Systems
- Fluid management apparatus and thermal management system8 Sep 2026US 12,728,696 B2Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
- Switching device and thermal management system1 Sep 2026US 12,722,449 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Air vent assembly with fixed vanes and narrow profile1 Sep 2026US 12,722,454 B2Joysonquin Automotive Systems North America, LLC
- Valve assembly for controlling a flow of a first liquid and a flow of a second liquid in a vehicle, valve system, and method for controlling a flow of a first liquid and a flow of a second liquid in a vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307453 A1Volvo Car Corporation
- Performance enhancement of hvac system thermally conditioned by multiple branch cooling subsystem8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307457 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Heat pump air-conditioning system and vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307459 A1Beijing CHJ Information Technology Co., LTD.
- Temperature adjustment system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307465 A1Mikuni Corporation
- Battery protection systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312186 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automotive air conditioning system including electrically operated expansion valve77US 4,632,358 AEaton Corporation · 1986
- Cam actuated butterfly valve48US 4,280,682 AEaton Corporation · 1981
- Fluid control valve46US 4,456,218 AAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1984
- Regulating Valve46US 5,529,026 AFirma Carl Freudenberg · 1996
- Automotive coolant control valve45US 6,688,333 B2Ranco Incorporated of Delaware · 2004