F03B 13/06
Stations or aggregates of water-storage type
Official title: Stations or aggregates of water-storage type, {e.g. comprising a turbine and a pump}(turbines characterised by having means for functioning alternatively as pumps F03B3/10)
F03B13/06 (Stations or aggregates of water-storage type) appears on 279 US grants and 366 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03B- Granted patents
- 279
- Published applications
- 366
- Assignees
- 145
- Inventors
- 501
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 13 |
| 2010 | 5 | 9 |
| 2011 | 9 | 15 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13 |
| 2013 | 6 | 7 |
| 2014 | 10 | 16 |
| 2015 | 6 | 21 |
| 2016 | 10 | 13 |
| 2017 | 11 | 13 |
| 2018 | 8 | 14 |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 |
| 2020 | 14 | 22 |
| 2021 | 14 | 21 |
| 2022 | 14 | 35 |
| 2023 | 24 | 37 |
| 2024 | 26 | 34 |
| 2025 | 39 | 30 |
| 2026 | 18 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Modular hydropower systems and methods with pumped storage28 Apr 2026US 12,612,889 B2W.L. French Hydropower Holdings LLC
- Fluid displacement energy storage systems and processes to enable pressure equilibrized subsea tank8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309116 A1Innovator Energy, LLC
- Multi-input electrical energy storage system and method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302802 A1
- Modular hydropower systems and methods with pumped storage10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266010 A1W.L. French Hydropower Holdings LLC
- Steep pyramidal structure of electricity3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258774 A1
- Energy storage system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251115 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hydro-air storage electrical generation system141US 3,939,356 AGeneral Public Utilities Corporation · 1976
- Wind powered hydroelectric power plant and method of operation thereof84US 6,718,761 B2New World Generation Inc. · 2004
- Compressed air pumped hydro energy storage and distribution system83US 7,281,371 B1EBO Group, Inc. · 2007
- Hydro electric generating system80US 4,443,707 A1984
- Energy storage and recovery64US 4,691,524 AShell Oil Company · 1987