F16C 11/0642
Special features of the plug or cover on the blind end of
Official title: {Special features of the plug or cover on the blind end of the socket}
F16C11/0642 (Special features of the plug or cover on the blind end of) appears on 133 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 88
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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