F02M 63/0059
Arrangements of valve actuators
Official title: {Arrangements of valve actuators}
F02M63/0059 (Arrangements of valve actuators) appears on 166 US grants and 150 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02M- Granted patents
- 166
- Published applications
- 150
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 305
- Latest grant
- 25 Feb 2025
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 7 | 16 |
| 2003 | 12 | 10 |
| 2004 | 11 | 16 |
| 2005 | 10 | 8 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13 |
| 2007 | 9 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 6 | 9 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 10 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F02M 63/0064Two or more actuators acting on two or more valve bodies65
- F02M 63/0061Single actuator acting on two or more valve bodies54
- F02M 63/0063Two or more actuators acting on a single valve body29
- F02M 63/0068Actuators specially adapted for partial and full opening of the valves24
- F02M 63/0066Combination of electromagnetic and piezoelectric or magnetostrictive actuators4
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