F04F 5/46
Arrangements of nozzles
F04F5/46 (Arrangements of nozzles) appears on 658 US grants and 637 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F04F- Granted patents
- 658
- Published applications
- 637
- Assignees
- 350
- Inventors
- 1,352
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 3 |
| 2002 | 22 | 13 |
| 2003 | 12 | 13 |
| 2004 | 13 | 19 |
| 2005 | 11 | 22 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 |
| 2007 | 6 | 13 |
| 2008 | 9 | 25 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14 |
| 2010 | 8 | 22 |
| 2011 | 7 | 17 |
| 2012 | 13 | 20 |
| 2013 | 20 | 31 |
| 2014 | 16 | 29 |
| 2015 | 18 | 41 |
| 2016 | 14 | 45 |
| 2017 | 38 | 35 |
| 2018 | 30 | 38 |
| 2019 | 43 | 43 |
| 2020 | 39 | 31 |
| 2021 | 28 | 35 |
| 2022 | 32 | 29 |
| 2023 | 35 | 24 |
| 2024 | 25 | 36 |
| 2025 | 20 | 17 |
| 2026 | 13 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F04F 5/466With a plurality of nozzles arranged in parallel151
- F04F 5/461Adjustable nozzles132
- F04F 5/463With provisions for mixing93
- F04F 5/464With inversion of the direction of flow67
- F04F 5/467With a plurality of nozzles arranged in series63
- F04F 5/465With supersonic flow25
- F04F 5/462With provisions for cooling the fluid18
- F04F 5/468With provisions for priming6
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