F04B 17/00
Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or
Official title: Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors
F04B17/00 (Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or) appears on 3,676 US grants and 4,106 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F04B- Granted patents
- 3,676
- Published applications
- 4,106
- Assignees
- 1,711
- Inventors
- 7,113
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 20 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 21 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 27 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 25 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 39 | 0 |
| 1999 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000 | 34 | 0 |
| 2001 | 54 | 12 |
| 2002 | 44 | 44 |
| 2003 | 45 | 62 |
| 2004 | 51 | 96 |
| 2005 | 44 | 78 |
| 2006 | 45 | 96 |
| 2007 | 47 | 67 |
| 2008 | 47 | 90 |
| 2009 | 27 | 110 |
| 2010 | 49 | 94 |
| 2011 | 64 | 108 |
| 2012 | 79 | 114 |
| 2013 | 95 | 182 |
| 2014 | 97 | 184 |
| 2015 | 100 | 152 |
| 2016 | 113 | 185 |
| 2017 | 140 | 251 |
| 2018 | 171 | 230 |
| 2019 | 239 | 274 |
| 2020 | 210 | 263 |
| 2021 | 246 | 298 |
| 2022 | 259 | 278 |
| 2023 | 270 | 285 |
| 2024 | 253 | 232 |
| 2025 | 229 | 179 |
| 2026 | 147 | 142 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electric cylinder device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,747 B2Advics Co., Ltd.
- Fluidic methods and devices6 Oct 2026US 12,753,749 B2Obotics Inc.
- Syringe pump6 Oct 2026US 12,753,756 B2Fluid Metering, Inc.
- Pump startup algorithms and related systems and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,328 B2ICU Medical, Inc.
- Fire truck chassis with power-conserving electric pump system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,421 B2Hale Products, Inc.
- Managing regenerative energy of reciprocating pumping unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309009 A1Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Lubricant pump system for hvac&r system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309136 A1Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
- High pressure gas compresor environmental recovery system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309137 A1Flowco MasterCo LLC
- Variable speed pumping system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309157 A1Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.
- Set point control for fixed speed engine driven fracking pumps1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298062 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Implantable microinfusion pump system579US 4,487,603 ACordis Corporation · 1984
- Infusion device and driving mechanism and process for same with actuator for multiple infusion uses522US 6,932,584 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2005
- Actuators for microfluidics without moving parts497US 6,565,727 B1Nanolytics, Inc. · 2003
- Device and method employing shape memory alloy491US 6,916,159 B2TheraSense, Inc. · 2005
- Electropipettor and compensation means for electrophoretic bias490US 5,779,868 ACaliper Technologies Corp. · 1998