F16B 37/044
Nut cages
Official title: {Nut cages}
F16B37/044 (Nut cages) appears on 344 US grants and 344 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 344
- Published applications
- 344
- Assignees
- 212
- Inventors
- 660
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 6 | 18 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14 |
| 2006 | 8 | 7 |
| 2007 | 10 | 18 |
| 2008 | 5 | 11 |
| 2009 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 9 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10 |
| 2013 | 8 | 15 |
| 2014 | 4 | 8 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 |
| 2016 | 12 | 15 |
| 2017 | 11 | 15 |
| 2018 | 8 | 22 |
| 2019 | 18 | 28 |
| 2020 | 20 | 24 |
| 2021 | 25 | 23 |
| 2022 | 15 | 17 |
| 2023 | 23 | 11 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 |
| 2025 | 14 | 19 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Assembly comprising a nut and a retaining system for said nut, mounting system comprising at least one such nut and the retaining system therefor28 Jul 2026US 12,692,894 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Floating nut plate quarter turn fastener receptacle21 Jul 2026US 12,687,191 B2Textron Aviation Inc.
- Fastener standoff mount10 Mar 2026US 12,571,415 B2
- Reduced-mass floating-nut system and method for assembling two parts using said system27 Jan 2026US 12,535,092 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Locking apparatus, connecting structure, and electric device6 Jan 2026US 12,515,554 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Components, assemblies, systems, and methods providing enhanced reliability of connections between components of high-power pumps1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298279 A1Vulcan Industrial Holdings, LLC
- Compression Limiting Box Nut27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251171 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Grating mount anchor30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218844 A1James C. White Company, Inc.
- Expandable collet bodies with sectional finger-based anti-rotation feature, clips, inserts and systems thereof2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185552 A1Centrix Aerospace LLC
- Multi-piece fasteners and methods for fastening7 May 2026US 2026/0126074 A1Howmet Aerospace Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wing and method of manufacturing121US 10,179,640 B2The Boeing Company · 2019
- Caged nut assembly75US 6,146,071 AIllinois Tool Works Inc. · 2000
- Removable anchor and fastener75US 8,083,450 B1Termax Corporation · 2011
- Self-aligning dome nut66US 4,295,766 A1981
- Nut mounting grommet66US 5,096,349 AFatigue Technology, Inc. · 1992