F16C 17/00
Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement
Official title: Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement (F16C32/06 takes precedence; adjustable bearings F16C23/00, F16C25/00)
F16C17/00 (Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement) appears on 6,151 US grants and 5,449 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 6,151
- Published applications
- 5,449
- Assignees
- 1,839
- Inventors
- 9,288
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 58 | 0 |
| 1977 | 41 | 0 |
| 1978 | 46 | 0 |
| 1979 | 32 | 0 |
| 1980 | 51 | 0 |
| 1981 | 59 | 0 |
| 1982 | 49 | 0 |
| 1983 | 38 | 0 |
| 1984 | 53 | 0 |
| 1985 | 44 | 0 |
| 1986 | 42 | 0 |
| 1987 | 53 | 0 |
| 1988 | 59 | 0 |
| 1989 | 71 | 0 |
| 1990 | 48 | 0 |
| 1991 | 61 | 0 |
| 1992 | 64 | 0 |
| 1993 | 63 | 0 |
| 1994 | 69 | 0 |
| 1995 | 60 | 0 |
| 1996 | 91 | 0 |
| 1997 | 77 | 0 |
| 1998 | 125 | 0 |
| 1999 | 131 | 0 |
| 2000 | 105 | 0 |
| 2001 | 101 | 32 |
| 2002 | 118 | 133 |
| 2003 | 116 | 181 |
| 2004 | 131 | 178 |
| 2005 | 123 | 171 |
| 2006 | 116 | 190 |
| 2007 | 112 | 191 |
| 2008 | 95 | 184 |
| 2009 | 102 | 173 |
| 2010 | 115 | 184 |
| 2011 | 116 | 183 |
| 2012 | 135 | 200 |
| 2013 | 191 | 258 |
| 2014 | 251 | 312 |
| 2015 | 241 | 276 |
| 2016 | 234 | 267 |
| 2017 | 257 | 255 |
| 2018 | 249 | 296 |
| 2019 | 280 | 295 |
| 2020 | 266 | 292 |
| 2021 | 243 | 279 |
| 2022 | 238 | 263 |
| 2023 | 244 | 203 |
| 2024 | 205 | 185 |
| 2025 | 180 | 163 |
| 2026 | 102 | 105 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16C 17/02Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement: for radial load only2,932
- F16C 17/04Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement: for axial load only2,023
- F16C 17/10Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement: for both radial and axial load1,957
- F16C 17/12Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement: characterised by features not related to992
- F16C 17/26Systems consisting of a plurality of sliding-contact bearings282
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Most cited
By later US patents
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