F02M 61/16
Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus
Official title: Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups F02M61/02 - F02M61/14
F02M61/16 (Details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus) appears on 3,580 US grants and 2,956 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02M- Granted patents
- 3,580
- Published applications
- 2,956
- Assignees
- 614
- Inventors
- 4,984
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 22 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 25 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 26 | 0 |
| 1983 | 24 | 0 |
| 1984 | 29 | 0 |
| 1985 | 36 | 0 |
| 1986 | 36 | 0 |
| 1987 | 35 | 0 |
| 1988 | 29 | 0 |
| 1989 | 35 | 0 |
| 1990 | 50 | 0 |
| 1991 | 59 | 0 |
| 1992 | 46 | 0 |
| 1993 | 62 | 0 |
| 1994 | 62 | 0 |
| 1995 | 45 | 0 |
| 1996 | 51 | 0 |
| 1997 | 55 | 0 |
| 1998 | 83 | 0 |
| 1999 | 93 | 0 |
| 2000 | 100 | 0 |
| 2001 | 108 | 49 |
| 2002 | 127 | 161 |
| 2003 | 156 | 222 |
| 2004 | 187 | 199 |
| 2005 | 145 | 169 |
| 2006 | 157 | 162 |
| 2007 | 111 | 154 |
| 2008 | 94 | 135 |
| 2009 | 85 | 138 |
| 2010 | 87 | 111 |
| 2011 | 88 | 84 |
| 2012 | 64 | 86 |
| 2013 | 58 | 97 |
| 2014 | 77 | 110 |
| 2015 | 65 | 149 |
| 2016 | 107 | 133 |
| 2017 | 123 | 123 |
| 2018 | 120 | 127 |
| 2019 | 113 | 128 |
| 2020 | 101 | 106 |
| 2021 | 106 | 78 |
| 2022 | 74 | 57 |
| 2023 | 63 | 66 |
| 2024 | 50 | 38 |
| 2025 | 38 | 41 |
| 2026 | 17 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F02M 61/18Injection nozzles1,651
- F02M 61/168Assembling1,070
- F02M 61/20Closing valves mechanically494
- F02M 61/162Means to impart a whirling motion to fuel upstream or near discharging448
- F02M 61/166Selection of particular materials370
- F02M 61/165Filtering elements specially adapted in fuel inlets to injector263
- F02M 61/167Means for compensating clearance or thermal expansion158
- F02M 61/161Means for adjusting injection-valve lift133
Recent patents
- Fuel injection valve6 Oct 2026US 12,753,733 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Injectors, methods, and systems for dual fuel combustion22 Sep 2026US 12,742,428 B2
- Destructive joint testing of medium filled port fuel injection rails15 Sep 2026US 12,736,022 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Electromagnetic fuel injector1 Sep 2026US 12,723,563 B2Marelli Europe S.P.A.
- Pneumatic impact disassembly tool18 Aug 2026US 12,708,989 B2
- Fuel injector device for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275948 A1Cummins-Scania HPCR System, LLC
- Ducted fuel injection strategy employing air jet injection for aiding soot oxidation10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266245 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Variable orifice fuel injection nozzle10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266251 A1
- Destructive joint testing of medium filled port fuel injection rails3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258772 A1Robert Bosch GmbH
- Dual fuel injector, design method therefor, and injection control method therefor27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251096 A1Weichai Power Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flow meter567US 6,874,480 B1Combustion Dynamics Corp. · 2005
- Hydraulically-actuated electronically-controlled unit injector fuel system having variable control of actuating fluid pressure125US 5,191,867 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1993
- Fuel injector nozzle adapter118US 6,913,210 B2Holley Performance Products, Inc. · 2005
- Fuel injector with an integrated spark plug for a direct injection type engine104US 5,497,744 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Silicon valve101US 4,756,508 AFord Motor Company · 1988