F04D 29/0416
Balancing pistons
Official title: {balancing pistons}
F04D29/0416 (Balancing pistons) appears on 111 US grants and 95 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F04D- Granted patents
- 111
- Published applications
- 95
- Assignees
- 79
- Inventors
- 244
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Electric pump2 Dec 2025US 12,486,847 B2Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
- Pump shaft for a multi-stage pump25 Feb 2025US 12,234,831 B2KSB SE & Co. KGaA
- Balance drums and systems for managing axial forces for pumps and related systems and methods16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201891 A1
- Thrust bearings to support axial thrust in pumps2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185463 A1General Electric Company
- Water Pump30 Apr 2026US 2026/0117775 A1Coavis
- Centrifugal pump30 Apr 2026US 2026/0117790 A1Nikkiso Co., Ltd.
- Centrifugal pump18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382969 A1Sulzer Management AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bearingless blood pump and electronic drive system372US 6,071,093 AABIOMED, Inc. · 2000
- Combined boiler feed and condensate pump124US 5,215,448 AIngersoll-Dresser Pump Company · 1993
- Couplings for joining shafts120US 5,655,849 AHenry Filters, Inc. · 1997
- Centrifugal pump with hydraulic thrust balance and tandem axial seals79US 4,867,633 ASundstrand Corporation · 1989
- Thrust controlled rotary apparatus66US 4,170,435 A1979