F03B 3/02
Machines or engines of reaction type: with radial flow at high-pressure side
Official title: with radial flow at high-pressure side and axial flow at low-pressure side of rotors, e.g. Francis turbines {(rotors per se F03B3/125)}
F03B3/02 (Machines or engines of reaction type: with radial flow at high-pressure side) appears on 103 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03B- Granted patents
- 103
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 204
- Latest grant
- 18 Nov 2025
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2018 | 5 | 8 |
| 2019 | 9 | 5 |
| 2020 | 9 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 8 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Energy-recovery turbine with pressure-release valve18 Nov 2025US 12,473,883 B2Corporation Bearstream Inc.
- Hydro-mechanical energy transfer system with dynamic water tanks and turbine generator11 Nov 2025US 12,467,429 B2
- Hydraulic machine5 Aug 2025US 12,378,939 B2Yumes Frontier Inc.
- Hydroturbine manufacture3 Sep 2024US 12,078,141 B2GE Renewable Technologies
- Francis-type hydraulic machine16 Jul 2024US 12,037,975 B2Voith Patent GmbH
- Flow-through generator with magnetic coupling for pipeline power generation9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098513 A1Pneupower Generators Ltd.
- Water wheel, hydraulic power generation device, and hydraulic power generation system9 Jan 2025US 2025/0012247 A1Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Hydraulic machine25 Jul 2024US 2024/0247633 A1Yumes Frontier Inc.
- Hydro-mechanical energy transfer system with dynamic water tanks and turbine generator20 Jun 2024US 2024/0200539 A1
- Energy-recovery turbine with pressure-release valve30 May 2024US 2024/0175419 A1Corporation Bearstream Inc.
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- Dual type multiple stage, hydraulic turbine power generator including reaction type turbine with adjustable blades40US 6,441,508 B1Ebara International Corporation · 2002
- Hydraulic turbine aeration apparatus27US 4,780,051 AVoith Hydro, Inc. · 1988
- Hollow blade for hydraulic turbine or pump21US 6,155,783 AVoith Siemens Hydro Power Generation, Inc. · 2000
- Dissolved gas augmentation with mixing chambers19US 5,823,740 AVoith Hydro, Inc. · 1998
- Hydropowered turbine system15US 5,780,935 AIowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. · 1998