F01K 3/006
Accumulators and steam compressors
Official title: {Accumulators and steam compressors}
F01K3/006 (Accumulators and steam compressors) appears on 29 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01K- Granted patents
- 29
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 77
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for compressing steam from a nuclear steam supply system to operate a turbogenerator7 Jul 2026US 12,676,248 B2Holtec International
- Systems and methods for carbon dioxide-based energy storage and power generation10 Mar 2026US 12,571,346 B2EarthEn Energy Inc.
- Thermal energy storage system for simple and combined cycle power generation25 Nov 2025US 12,480,719 B2Rondo Energy, Inc.
- Systems and methods for carbon dioxide-based energy storage and power generation24 Dec 2024US 12,173,647 B2EarthEn Energy Inc.
- Energy storage plant and process24 Dec 2024US 12,173,649 B2Energy Dome S.P.A.
- Plant and process for energy management1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298112 A1Energy Dome S.P.A.
- Compressed carbon dioxide energy storage system and method combined with air separation technology25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176984 A1Xi' An Jiaotong University
- Thermal energy storage system for simple and combined cycle power generation11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160501 A1Rondo Energy, Inc.
- Thermal energy storage system for simple and combined cycle power generation30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334350 A1Rondo Energy, Inc.
- Dual-powertrain pumped heat energy storage with inventory control and purge13 Mar 2025US 2025/0084773 A1Malta Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermal energy storage by means of reversible heat pumping138US 4,089,744 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1978
- Heat energy recovery apparatus47US 7,448,213 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2008
- Power generation system with rotary liquid piston compressor for transcritical and supercritical compression of fluids25US 11,073,169 B2Energy Recovery, Inc. · 2021
- Heat pump system and heat pump operation method8US 7,861,548 B2Hitachi, Ltd. · 2011
- Heat pump system and heat pump operation method6US 7,966,840 B2Hitachi, Ltd. · 2011