B67D 7/048
Vapour flow control means
Official title: {Vapour flow control means, e.g. valves, pumps}
B67D7/048 (Vapour flow control means) appears on 202 US grants and 117 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67D- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 117
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 215
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for integrated fuel fill vent valve and fuel filling and vapor control25 Aug 2026US 12,715,756 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Vapor line coupler5 May 2026US 12,617,667 B2Knappco, LLC
- Systems and methods for backhaul transportation of liquefied gas and CO2 using liquefied gas carriers10 Feb 2026US 12,546,245 B2Marthon Petroleum Company LP
- Fluid purging system18 Mar 2025US 12,251,740 B2CNX Resources Corporation
- Systems and methods for transporting fuel and carbon dioxide in a dual fluid vessel21 Jan 2025US 12,203,598 B2Marathon Petroleum Company LP
- Fluid purging system12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187046 A1CNX Resources Corporation
- Scalable greenhouse gas capture systems and methods22 May 2025US 2025/0164077 A1Marathon Petroleum Company LP
- Vapor line coupler15 May 2025US 2025/0153996 A1Knappco, LLC
- Systems and methods for transporting fuel and carbon dioxide in a dual fluid vessel3 Apr 2025US 2025/0109824 A1Marathon Petroleum Company LP
- Liquid Loading Assembly for Filling a Ship-Hold or Tank19 Dec 2024US 2024/0417238 A1GBA Marine AS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vapor recovery system for fuel dispenser142US 5,040,577 AGilbarco Inc. · 1991
- Control system for temperature compensated vapor recovery in gasoline dispenser81US 5,156,199 AGilbarco Inc. · 1992
- System for safe vapour recovery, particularly suitable for fuel filling installations80US 5,038,838 ANuovopignone-Industrie Meccaniche e Fonderia S.p.A. · 1991
- Fluid control apparatus and method79US 5,706,871 ADresser Industries, Inc. · 1998
- Onboard vapor recovery detection78US 5,782,275 AGilbarco Inc. · 1998