B67D 7/08
Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price
Official title: Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred (arrangement of flow- or pressure-control valves B67D7/36; computing, calculating, counting G06; coin-freed apparatus for dispensing fluids G07F13/00; prepayment devices for metering liquids G07F15/00)
B67D7/08 (Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price) appears on 943 US grants and 790 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67D- Granted patents
- 943
- Published applications
- 790
- Assignees
- 461
- Inventors
- 1,576
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 7 |
| 2002 | 28 | 20 |
| 2003 | 18 | 16 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10 |
| 2005 | 8 | 13 |
| 2006 | 10 | 13 |
| 2007 | 6 | 9 |
| 2008 | 7 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 18 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18 |
| 2011 | 6 | 24 |
| 2012 | 12 | 14 |
| 2013 | 16 | 34 |
| 2014 | 20 | 40 |
| 2015 | 31 | 32 |
| 2016 | 32 | 40 |
| 2017 | 29 | 59 |
| 2018 | 36 | 51 |
| 2019 | 57 | 64 |
| 2020 | 41 | 57 |
| 2021 | 46 | 57 |
| 2022 | 46 | 45 |
| 2023 | 52 | 32 |
| 2024 | 52 | 57 |
| 2025 | 45 | 30 |
| 2026 | 23 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B67D 7/14Responsive to input of recorded programmed information297
- B67D 7/22Arrangements of indicators or registers290
- B67D 7/16Arrangements of liquid meters157
- B67D 7/30With means for predetermining quantity of liquid to be transferred152
- B67D 7/085Testing or calibrating apparatus therefore57
- B67D 7/10Operated by keys, push-buttons or cash registers24
- B67D 7/12Operated by movement of delivery hose or nozzle or by devices associated23
- B67D 7/28With automatic means for reducing or intermittently interrupting flow before completion of14
Recent patents
- Structural optimization method for a fuel system filling assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,753,065 B2OPmobility C-Power Belgium Research
- Systems and devices for display surface temperature reduction6 Oct 2026US 12,754,448 B2Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
- Liquid pumping device and liquid refilling apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,729,105 B1Zhongshan Peili Technology Co., Ltd.
- Aircraft system for a mobile refueling vehicle1 Sep 2026US 12,722,800 B1
- Liquid cryogen delivery and injection control apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,722,965 B2Messer Industries USA, Inc.
- System and method for fuel monitoring and spill prevention17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276426 A1BNSF Railway Company
- Liquid pumping apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265044 A1Shenzhen Glamortech Industrial Co., Ltd
- Modular rfid reader for fuel dispensing nozzle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233986 A1Assa Abloy AB
- Tank overfill and pump runaway prevention for a fluid management system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209026 A1Graco Minnesota Inc.
- Detecting locations associated with anomalous fuel dispensing operations within a network of gas stations2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184557 A17-Eleven, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fuel dispensing and retail system providing for transponder prepayment458US 6,073,840 AGilbarco Inc. · 2000
- Electronic device cover with embedded radio frequency (RF) transponder and methods of using same371US 6,771,981 B1Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · 2004
- In-vehicle ordering317US 6,574,603 B1Gilbarco Inc. · 2003
- Fuel dispensing system providing customer preferences264US 6,422,464 B1Gilbarco Inc. · 2002
- Automatic vehicle recognition and customer billing system257US 5,072,380 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1991