F15D 1/009
Influencing flow of fluids: by means of vortex rings
Official title: {by means of vortex rings}
F15D1/009 (Influencing flow of fluids: by means of vortex rings) appears on 65 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F15D- Granted patents
- 65
- Published applications
- 56
- Assignees
- 45
- Inventors
- 124
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Toroidal vortices for temperature-related and non-temperature-related functions28 Jul 2026US 12,693,028 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Arrangement for influencing liquid flow and a method1 Oct 2024US 12,103,664 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Gas core vortex ring generator9 Jan 2024US 11,867,208 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Vortex ring generation device2 Jan 2024US 11,859,646 B2Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Vortex ring generation device6 Jun 2023US 11,666,928 B2Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Toroidal Vortices For Temperature-Related and Non-Temperature-Related Functions8 May 2025US 2025/0146677 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- An arrangement for influencing liquid flow and a method24 Aug 2023US 2023/0264807 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Vortex ring generation device6 Apr 2023US 2023/0103431 A1Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Gas Core Vortex Ring Generator30 Mar 2023US 2023/0097526 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Vortex generators and virtual mixers for aftertreatment systems2 Sep 2021US 2021/0270171 A1Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
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- System and method for thermal management by synthetic jet ejector channel cooling techniques126US 6,588,497 B1Georgia Tech Research Corporation · 2003
- Aerosol dispensing apparatus for dispensing a medicated vapor into the lungs of a patient107US 5,474,059 A1995
- Micromachined synthetic jet actuators and applications thereof91US 6,457,654 B1Georgia Tech Research Corporation · 2002