F01M 1/18
Indicating or safety devices
Official title: Indicating or safety devices (concerning lubricant level F01M11/06, F01M11/12)
F01M1/18 (Indicating or safety devices) appears on 266 US grants and 219 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01M- Granted patents
- 266
- Published applications
- 219
- Assignees
- 156
- Inventors
- 614
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19 |
| 2013 | 9 | 10 |
| 2014 | 7 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 13 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9 |
| 2017 | 4 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 | 19 |
| 2019 | 13 | 18 |
| 2020 | 19 | 17 |
| 2021 | 17 | 11 |
| 2022 | 13 | 10 |
| 2023 | 11 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Controller, method, and engine system for engine crank control18 Aug 2026US 12,710,002 B2Cummins Power Generation Inc.
- Information processing device4 Aug 2026US 12,700,273 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Oil pressure control system and control method thereof23 Jun 2026US 12,662,952 B2Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Control device for hydrogen engine12 May 2026US 12,624,667 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Internal combustion engine control device and internal combustion engine control method27 Jan 2026US 12,535,021 B2Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Hydraulic compensation device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201897 A1Safran Aircraft Engines
- Oil supply apparatus for engine25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176989 A1Mazda Motor Corporation
- Engine system9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098489 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Fuzzy logic-based ai system for detection and accommodation of oil system failures in the aircraft's propulsion system18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382069 A1Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Controller, method, and engine system for engine crank control27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361824 A1Cummins Power Generation Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Engine protection system96US 5,070,832 ACummins Engine Company, Inc. · 1991
- Integrated emergency lubrication system59US 4,717,000 AAvco Corporation · 1988
- System for automatically resetting an oil condition alarm light after an oil change44US 6,564,126 B1Delphi Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Filter assembly and preassembled drain valve unit therefor40US 5,468,386 AIng. Walter Hengst GmbH & Co. KG · 1995
- Filter with safety element for filtering engine oil34US 6,177,003 B1Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH · 2001