F15C 1/16
Vortex devices, i.e. devices in which use is made of the pressure
Official title: Vortex devices, i.e. devices in which use is made of the pressure drop associated with vortex motion in a fluid {(vortex chambers F15D1/0015; vortex chambers as resistances F15C1/02; vortex chambers associated with amplifiers for improving the switching time by interaction F15C1/14)}
F15C1/16 (Vortex devices, i.e. devices in which use is made of the pressure) appears on 77 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F15C- Granted patents
- 77
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 36
- Inventors
- 107
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Powder protecting three-way valve with cylindrical heating element14 Apr 2026US 12,601,411 B2Aotech Co.,Ltd.
- Fluid flow control system employing a fluidic diode for control pressure2 Dec 2025US 12,486,739 B2Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Vortex station27 Aug 2024US 12,071,936 B2Auckland Uniservices Limited
- Vortex ring generation device2 Jan 2024US 11,859,646 B2Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Vortex flow inducer and ozone dissolution chamber having the same10 Oct 2023US 11,780,755 B2
- Fluid flow control system employing a fluidic diode for control pressure19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049540 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Fluid flow control system employing a fluidic diode for control pressure6 Mar 2025US 2025/0075598 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Powder protecting three-way valve with cylindrical heating element27 Feb 2025US 2025/0067354 A1Aotech Co.,Ltd.
- Vortex station19 Dec 2024US 2024/0418150 A1Auckland Uniservices Limited
- Vortex station22 Feb 2024US 2024/0060472 A1Auckland Uniservices Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vortex chamber mud pulser61US 5,455,804 ADefense Research Technologies, Inc. · 1995
- Fluidic mud pulse telemetry transmitter53US 4,557,295 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1985
- Vortex flow regulators for storm sewer catch basins53US 5,080,137 A1992
- Vortex chamber controlling combined entrance exit50US 4,286,627 A1981
- Vortex valves43US 6,374,858 B1Hydro International plc · 2002