B67D 7/46
When liquid in container to be filled reaches a predetermined level
Official title: when liquid in container to be filled reaches a predetermined level
B67D7/46 (When liquid in container to be filled reaches a predetermined level) appears on 195 US grants and 91 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67D- Granted patents
- 195
- Published applications
- 91
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 223
- Latest grant
- 14 Oct 2025
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| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Filling nozzle14 Oct 2025US 12,441,601 B2Elaflex Hiby GmbH & Co. KG
- Filling valve with leakage protection device4 Jun 2024US 11,999,610 B2Elaflex Hiby GmbH & Co. KG
- High pressure fuel nozzle leak stop assembly24 Oct 2023US 11,795,048 B2M. Carder Industries, Inc.
- System for controlling shut-off of a fuel pump nozzle in filling a fuel tank19 Sep 2023US 11,760,192 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Filling valve with leakage protection device14 Mar 2023US 11,603,309 B2Elaflex Hiby GmbH & Co. KG
- Fuel head adapter for hydraulic fracturing11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159370 A1
- Self-closing filling nozzle16 Oct 2025US 2025/0320108 A1
- Filling nozzle22 Aug 2024US 2024/0279047 A1Elaflex Hiby GmbH & Co. KG
- Filling valve with leakage protection device8 Jun 2023US 2023/0174367 A1Elaflex Hiby GmbH & Co. KG
- System for controlling shut-off of a fuel pump nozzle in filling a fuel tank6 Apr 2023US 2023/0104603 A1Hyundai Motor Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mobile distribution station having sensor communication lines routed with hoses179US 9,981,840 B2Fuel Automation Station, LLC · 2018
- Mobile distribution station with guided wave radar fuel level sensors171US 10,303,190 B2Fuel Automation Station, LLC · 2019
- Fluid dispensing system124US 5,131,441 ASaber Equipment Corporation · 1992
- Vapor recovery liquid dispensing apparatus56US 4,068,687 A1978
- Automatic shut-off dispensing nozzle responsive to liquid in a tank reaching a predetermined level and to a supply pressure54US 4,453,578 ADover Corporation · 1984