F02M 59/466
Electrically operated valves
Official title: {Electrically operated valves, e.g. using electromagnetic or piezoelectric operating means}
F02M59/466 (Electrically operated valves) appears on 589 US grants and 324 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 131
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- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Fuel system with self-optimizing fuel control valve27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251111 A1Deere & Company
- Solenoid Valve Mechanism and Fuel Pump2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185500 A1Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Fuel Pump26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055751 A1Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Fuel pump6 Feb 2025US 2025/0043758 A1Phinia Delphi Luxembourg Sarl
- Fuel pump23 Jan 2025US 2025/0027470 A1Phinia Delphi Luxembourg Sarl
Most cited
By later US patents
- Priming reservoir and volume compensation device for hydraulic unit injector fuel system168US 5,245,970 ANavistar International Transportation Corp. · 1993
- High speed fuel injector106US 5,460,329 A1995
- Methods of conditioning fluid in an electronically-controlled unit injector for starting96US 5,121,730 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1992
- Pressure-controlled fuel injection for internal combustion engines86US 4,628,881 ABKM, Inc. · 1986
- High pressure fuel injection system for internal combustion engine84US 6,024,064 ADenso Corporation · 2000