F16B 7/18
Connections of rods or tubes: using screw-thread elements
Official title: using screw-thread elements {(F16B7/025 takes precedence; for turnbuckles F16B7/06)}
F16B7/18 (Connections of rods or tubes: using screw-thread elements) appears on 1,054 US grants and 1,143 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 1,054
- Published applications
- 1,143
- Assignees
- 736
- Inventors
- 1,994
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 4 |
| 2002 | 21 | 20 |
| 2003 | 15 | 19 |
| 2004 | 16 | 20 |
| 2005 | 15 | 25 |
| 2006 | 11 | 22 |
| 2007 | 9 | 14 |
| 2008 | 7 | 22 |
| 2009 | 8 | 11 |
| 2010 | 14 | 21 |
| 2011 | 11 | 34 |
| 2012 | 10 | 33 |
| 2013 | 20 | 48 |
| 2014 | 37 | 38 |
| 2015 | 35 | 54 |
| 2016 | 30 | 61 |
| 2017 | 48 | 71 |
| 2018 | 39 | 70 |
| 2019 | 80 | 88 |
| 2020 | 65 | 68 |
| 2021 | 66 | 71 |
| 2022 | 65 | 76 |
| 2023 | 55 | 69 |
| 2024 | 64 | 79 |
| 2025 | 83 | 60 |
| 2026 | 30 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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