F16B 2/04
Internal, i.e. with spreading action
Official title: internal, i.e. with spreading action (F16B2/14 - F16B2/18 take precedence)
F16B2/04 (Internal, i.e. with spreading action) appears on 224 US grants and 249 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 224
- Published applications
- 249
- Assignees
- 173
- Inventors
- 474
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 4 | 12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 18 |
| 2017 | 8 | 14 |
| 2018 | 14 | 19 |
| 2019 | 20 | 21 |
| 2020 | 15 | 21 |
| 2021 | 21 | 26 |
| 2022 | 14 | 23 |
| 2023 | 25 | 19 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 |
| 2025 | 14 | 20 |
| 2026 | 10 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Fastening element for a component and method for producing a panel element and a component15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016030 A1
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