F16B 5/0685
Joining sheets or plates to strips or bars
Official title: {Joining sheets or plates to strips or bars (F16B5/0692 takes precedence)}
F16B5/0685 (Joining sheets or plates to strips or bars) appears on 332 US grants and 379 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 332
- Published applications
- 379
- Assignees
- 258
- Inventors
- 718
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 |
| 2003 | 7 | 6 |
| 2004 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 8 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 10 |
| 2015 | 11 | 18 |
| 2016 | 8 | 18 |
| 2017 | 21 | 26 |
| 2018 | 14 | 30 |
| 2019 | 20 | 24 |
| 2020 | 23 | 21 |
| 2021 | 16 | 27 |
| 2022 | 25 | 34 |
| 2023 | 21 | 22 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 |
| 2025 | 19 | 27 |
| 2026 | 14 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Mounting clip213US 5,662,375 ADonnelly Corporation · 1997
- Interaction-high density stacking chair114US 5,123,702 AShelby Williams Industries, Inc. · 1992
- Panel clamp98US 8,181,926 B2Thomas & Betts International, Inc. · 2012
- Visor clip assembly and releasable fastener91US 5,507,545 ATRW Inc. · 1996
- Wire holder with single step installation into T-shaped hole in support substrate69US 7,523,898 B1Sony Corporation · 2009