F04B 47/022
Driving of the walking beam
Official title: {driving of the walking beam}
F04B47/022 (Driving of the walking beam) appears on 157 US grants and 146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F04B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 146
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Managing regenerative energy of rod pump system without dynamic braking resistor14 Oct 2025US 12,445,078 B2Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Managing regenerative energy of reciprocating pumping unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309009 A1Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Adaptable sucker rod pump controller and system suitable for use with various well topologies17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275981 A1Ravdos Holdings Inc.
- Managing regenerative energy of reciprocating pumping unit9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098459 A1Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
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- Well pump control system and method19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198263 A1Unico, Inc.
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By later US patents
- Control apparatus and method for an oil-well pump assembly141US 4,390,321 AAmerican Davidson, Inc. · 1983
- Turbogenerator power control system130US 6,325,142 B1Capstone Turbine Corporation · 2001
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- Turbogenerator power control system95US 6,495,929 B2Capstone Turbine Corporation · 2002
- Turbogenerator/motor controller with ancillary energy storage/discharge76US 6,031,294 ACapstone Turbine Corporation · 2000