F16B 7/042
With a locking element
Official title: {with a locking element, e.g. pin, ball or pushbutton, engaging in a hole in the wall of at least one tube}
F16B7/042 (With a locking element) appears on 257 US grants and 348 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 257
- Published applications
- 348
- Assignees
- 238
- Inventors
- 556
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 | 19 |
| 2015 | 12 | 20 |
| 2016 | 18 | 23 |
| 2017 | 12 | 19 |
| 2018 | 19 | 21 |
| 2019 | 18 | 21 |
| 2020 | 15 | 21 |
| 2021 | 16 | 24 |
| 2022 | 18 | 24 |
| 2023 | 19 | 16 |
| 2024 | 19 | 22 |
| 2025 | 18 | 20 |
| 2026 | 5 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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