F05B 2240/311
Flexible or elastic
Official title: flexible or elastic
F05B2240/311 (Flexible or elastic) appears on 177 US grants and 216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F05B- Granted patents
- 177
- Published applications
- 216
- Assignees
- 103
- Inventors
- 331
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 13 |
| 2010 | 5 | 16 |
| 2011 | 8 | 13 |
| 2012 | 6 | 12 |
| 2013 | 12 | 13 |
| 2014 | 7 | 15 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11 |
| 2016 | 15 | 19 |
| 2017 | 15 | 13 |
| 2018 | 12 | 13 |
| 2019 | 15 | 9 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 |
| 2022 | 9 | 5 |
| 2023 | 11 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Compressible rotor for a fluid pump2 Jun 2026US 12,644,464 B2Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh
- Devices and methods for mitigating vibrations in wind turbines28 Oct 2025US 12,454,938 B2GE Vernova Renovables Espana, S.L.
- Catheter blood pump heart assist device2 Sep 2025US 12,404,858 B2Tc1 LLC
- Wind turbine blade and wind turbine with a plurality of add-on elements20 May 2025US 12,305,612 B2Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Mastless wind turbine with stationary sails for improved power generation20 May 2025US 12,305,615 B2J. Hench Consulting, Inc.
- Rack for preform and/or precast element manufacturing, manufacturing system and winch assistance device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210334 A1
- Flow modifying element for wind turbine blade9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194039 A1
- Vertical axis wind turbines and methods of manufacturing the same18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168476 A1Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Serrated panel for a wind turbine rotor blade4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153073 A1Nordex Energy GmbH
- Passive trailing edge including load-shedding assembly23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327438 A1Gulf Wind Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heart assist device with expandable impeller pump411US 7,841,976 B2The Penn State Research Foundation · 2010
- Variable geometry guide vane for a gas turbine engine199US 7,632,064 B2United Technologies Corporation · 2009
- Heart assist device with expandable impeller pump104US 9,717,833 B2Tc1 LLC · 2017
- Heart assist device with expandable impeller pump94US 9,364,592 B2The Penn State Research Foundation · 2016
- Heart assist device with expandable impeller pump85US 9,364,593 B2The Penn State Research Foundation · 2016