F01K 7/345
Control or safety-means particular thereto
Official title: {Control or safety-means particular thereto}
F01K7/345 (Control or safety-means particular thereto) appears on 42 US grants and 25 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01K- Granted patents
- 42
- Published applications
- 25
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 99
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Balanced grid valve for steam extraction24 Oct 2024US 2024/0352876 A1Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl
- Systems and methods for steam reheat in power plants30 Mar 2023US 2023/0096162 A1GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Method for Improving Efficiency of Rankine Cycle18 Nov 2021US 2021/0355846 A1Beijing Cynertec Co., Ltd.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermal energy storage and utilization system37US 4,003,786 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1977
- Power plant performance management systems and methods36US 5,794,446 ABasic Resources, Inc. · 1998
- Control of a steam-heating power plant26US 4,039,846 AAllied Chemical Corporation · 1977
- Steam optimization and cogeneration system and method21US 4,604,714 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1986
- Protection-driving method of a feedwater heater and the device thereof13US 4,651,533 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1987