F04B 37/06
Pumps having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart
Official title: for evacuating by thermal means
F04B37/06 (Pumps having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart) appears on 412 US grants and 320 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F04B- Granted patents
- 412
- Published applications
- 320
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 622
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 16 | 16 |
| 2025 | 8 | 19 |
| 2026 | 7 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- High temperature superconducting cable based power delivery system in pulsed power drilling11 Aug 2026US 12,704,024 B2Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Cryopump, cryopump system, and cryopump regeneration method28 Jul 2026US 12,692,851 B2Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Cryopump14 Jul 2026US 12,680,538 B2Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Installation for pumping cryogenic fluid and filling station comprising such an installation2 Jun 2026US 12,644,442 B2L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
- Cryopump and cryopump regeneration method19 May 2026US 12,631,168 B2Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Cryopump8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309139 A1Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Cryopump8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309140 A1Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Thermal pump with heat-exchanging displacer30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218694 A1KLA Corporation
- Cryogenic canned pump and thermal insulation structure thereof30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218701 A1Shanghai Institute of Space Propulsion
- Pumping apparatus11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160238 A1L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
Most cited
By later US patents
- High vacuum processing system having improved recycle draw-down capability under high humidity ambient atmospheric conditions179US 4,361,418 ARisdon Corporation · 1982
- Shield to prevent cryopump charcoal array from shedding during cryo-regeneration135US 6,122,921 AAPPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2000
- Electronically controlled cryopump and network interface101US 5,265,431 AHelix Technology Corporation · 1993
- Evacuating unit with reduced diameter exhaust duct92US 6,474,949 B1Ebara Corporation · 2002
- Electronically controlled cryopump and network interface90US 5,176,004 AHelix Technology Corporation · 1993