F15B 13/086
Sensing means
Official title: {Sensing means, e.g. pressure sensors}
F15B13/086 (Sensing means) appears on 156 US grants and 135 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F15B- Granted patents
- 156
- Published applications
- 135
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 343
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Pneumatic control system for vehicle tire inflation13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346083 A1Aktv8 LLC
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Combined valve modular control panel103US 5,020,570 APower Components, Inc. · 1991
- Gas supply unit77US 5,819,782 ACkd Corporation · 1998
- Multiple valve manifold for use with a pressure processing apparatus48US 5,709,247 A1998
- Self-contained closed-loop electrically operated valve47US 4,399,836 AMarotta Scientific Controls, Inc. · 1983
- Modular surface mount manifold45US 6,644,353 B1Swagelok Company · 2003