F16B 37/00
Nuts or like thread-engaging members
Official title: Nuts or like thread-engaging members {(specially shaped for rotations by a tool F16B23/00)}
F16B37/00 (Nuts or like thread-engaging members) appears on 4,372 US grants and 4,106 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 4,372
- Published applications
- 4,106
- Assignees
- 1,893
- Inventors
- 7,146
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 32 | 0 |
| 1977 | 34 | 0 |
| 1978 | 36 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 23 | 0 |
| 1981 | 33 | 0 |
| 1982 | 25 | 0 |
| 1983 | 26 | 0 |
| 1984 | 41 | 0 |
| 1985 | 43 | 0 |
| 1986 | 42 | 0 |
| 1987 | 50 | 0 |
| 1988 | 64 | 0 |
| 1989 | 93 | 0 |
| 1990 | 99 | 0 |
| 1991 | 76 | 0 |
| 1992 | 70 | 0 |
| 1993 | 58 | 0 |
| 1994 | 54 | 0 |
| 1995 | 53 | 0 |
| 1996 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | 55 | 0 |
| 1998 | 72 | 0 |
| 1999 | 67 | 0 |
| 2000 | 76 | 0 |
| 2001 | 72 | 26 |
| 2002 | 69 | 85 |
| 2003 | 69 | 99 |
| 2004 | 77 | 156 |
| 2005 | 76 | 167 |
| 2006 | 74 | 110 |
| 2007 | 71 | 137 |
| 2008 | 67 | 141 |
| 2009 | 56 | 133 |
| 2010 | 90 | 159 |
| 2011 | 88 | 119 |
| 2012 | 98 | 127 |
| 2013 | 103 | 177 |
| 2014 | 132 | 162 |
| 2015 | 155 | 190 |
| 2016 | 148 | 215 |
| 2017 | 158 | 190 |
| 2018 | 149 | 213 |
| 2019 | 202 | 249 |
| 2020 | 176 | 258 |
| 2021 | 211 | 225 |
| 2022 | 168 | 218 |
| 2023 | 207 | 164 |
| 2024 | 184 | 172 |
| 2025 | 127 | 122 |
| 2026 | 59 | 92 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16B 37/04Devices for fastening nuts to surfaces2,227
- F16B 37/14Cap nuts802
- F16B 37/08Quickly-detachable or mountable nuts652
- F16B 37/12Nuts or like thread-engaging members: with thread-engaging surfaces formed by inserted coil-springs505
- F16B 37/02Made of thin sheet material199
- F16B 37/005Into which threads are cut during screwing127
- F16B 37/16Wing-nuts69
- F16B 2037/007Nuts or like thread-engaging members: with a blind holeIndexing code53
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Swivel nut assembly970US 4,132,146 AHilti Aktiengesellschaft · 1979
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