F15C 1/04
Means for controlling fluid streams to fluid devices
Official title: Means for controlling fluid streams to fluid devices, e.g. by electric signals {or other signals, no mixing taking place between the signal and the flow to be controlled (fluid information or pulse transducers F15B5/00; electric regulation with electro-fluid amplifiers G05B7/02; fluid operating means for indicating or recording members in measuring instruments G01D5/42; distribution or supply devices for servomotors with electrically-controlled pilot valves F15B13/043)}
F15C1/04 (Means for controlling fluid streams to fluid devices) appears on 48 US grants and 16 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F15C- Granted patents
- 48
- Published applications
- 16
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 103
- Latest grant
- 18 Apr 2023
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Working equipment with electrically powered hydraulically operated arm arrangement18 Apr 2023US 11,629,480 B2Hiab AB
- Multilayer membranes for haptic devices11 Apr 2023US 11,627,418 B1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Complementary fluidic valves and logic gates12 Oct 2021US 11,143,218 B1Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Liquid-electronic hybrid divider15 Sep 2015US 9,132,425 B2The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Electro-hydraulic devices29 Nov 2011US 8,066,031 B2The Aerospace Corporation
- Ventilation manifold and system20 Apr 2023US 2023/0124131 A1Jfd Limited
- Working equipment with electrically powered hydraulically operated arm arrangement30 Dec 2021US 2021/0404148 A1Hiab AB
- Automatic passive control of liquid positioning in microfluidic chips16 Oct 2014US 2014/0305510 A1Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
- Apparatus and methods for a hydroxy gas assisted combustion engine11 Jul 2013US 2013/0174930 A1
- Liquid-electronic hybrid divider14 Feb 2013US 2013/0037149 A1The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Non-mechanical valves for fluidic systems142US 6,681,788 B2Caliper Technologies Corp. · 2004
- Transient energy release microdevices and methods58US 5,367,878 AUniversity of Southern California · 1994
- Micromotors, linear motors, micropumps, methods of using the same, microactuators, methods of controlling flow properties of fluids, and apparatuses for controlling flow properties of fluids48US 6,116,257 ANew Technology Management Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Electromagnetic fluid conditioning apparatus and method38US 5,673,721 A1997
- Non-mechanical valves for fluidic systems38US 6,779,559 B2Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. · 2004