F05B 2240/12
Fluid guiding means
Official title: Fluid guiding means, e.g. vanes
F05B2240/12 (Fluid guiding means) appears on 424 US grants and 540 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F05B- Granted patents
- 424
- Published applications
- 540
- Assignees
- 228
- Inventors
- 845
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 |
| 2007 | 6 | 8 |
| 2008 | 5 | 16 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14 |
| 2010 | 9 | 15 |
| 2011 | 16 | 35 |
| 2012 | 16 | 40 |
| 2013 | 20 | 27 |
| 2014 | 16 | 28 |
| 2015 | 13 | 34 |
| 2016 | 23 | 37 |
| 2017 | 27 | 39 |
| 2018 | 34 | 47 |
| 2019 | 28 | 33 |
| 2020 | 41 | 40 |
| 2021 | 37 | 25 |
| 2022 | 23 | 26 |
| 2023 | 35 | 22 |
| 2024 | 20 | 23 |
| 2025 | 22 | 16 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hydraulic turbine29 Sep 2026US 12,747,716 B2Natel Energy Holdings, Inc.
- Fluid connection for a hydromotive machine15 Sep 2026US 12,736,025 B2
- Recirculating hydro-pneumatic impulse turbine21 Jul 2026US 12,687,145 B2Gravity Energy Pty Ltd
- System apparatus and method suitable for capturing water energy30 Jun 2026US 12,667,816 B2Katz Water Tech, LLC
- Wind channelling and directing structures31 Mar 2026US 12,590,597 B2
- Aerodynamic devices and assemblies for towers6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226882 A1Nordex Energy Spain, S.A.U.
- Vertical axis wind turbine guide and associated system and method26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085654 A1Youngstown State University
- Toroidal, modular, amplified wind power generation system utilizing bernoulli passive wind amplification surfaces and coupled-vortex component positioning of multiple adjustable standalone vawt turbines and vanes on a passively yawable track18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382941 A1
- Fluid connection for a hydromotive machine13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347261 A1
- Hydraulic turbine30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334094 A1Natel Energy Holdings, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Non-clogging, centrifugal, coaxial discharge pump135US 4,063,849 A1977
- Fuel nozzle for burner construction57US 4,260,367 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1981
- Gas turbine combustor with turbulence enhanced mixing fuel injectors56US 5,647,215 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1997
- Helical wind turbine56US 7,344,353 B2Arrowind Corporation · 2008
- Unducted thrust producing system52US 10,202,865 B2General Electric Company · 2019