F16B 2/245
External, i.e. with contracting action
Official title: {external, i.e. with contracting action}
F16B2/245 (External, i.e. with contracting action) appears on 378 US grants and 374 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 378
- Published applications
- 374
- Assignees
- 261
- Inventors
- 748
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 6 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 15 |
| 2012 | 5 | 16 |
| 2013 | 8 | 10 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8 |
| 2015 | 8 | 18 |
| 2016 | 13 | 21 |
| 2017 | 15 | 19 |
| 2018 | 20 | 30 |
| 2019 | 27 | 42 |
| 2020 | 37 | 39 |
| 2021 | 25 | 41 |
| 2022 | 26 | 28 |
| 2023 | 25 | 15 |
| 2024 | 21 | 22 |
| 2025 | 19 | 11 |
| 2026 | 14 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
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