F16C 17/02
Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement: for radial load only
Official title: for radial load only
F16C17/02 (Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement: for radial load only) appears on 2,932 US grants and 2,693 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 2,932
- Published applications
- 2,693
- Assignees
- 1,018
- Inventors
- 5,062
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 30 | 0 |
| 1982 | 21 | 0 |
| 1983 | 17 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 44 | 0 |
| 2001 | 50 | 16 |
| 2002 | 50 | 52 |
| 2003 | 43 | 60 |
| 2004 | 55 | 64 |
| 2005 | 42 | 75 |
| 2006 | 41 | 72 |
| 2007 | 44 | 78 |
| 2008 | 33 | 71 |
| 2009 | 40 | 62 |
| 2010 | 47 | 77 |
| 2011 | 49 | 85 |
| 2012 | 57 | 93 |
| 2013 | 84 | 101 |
| 2014 | 116 | 130 |
| 2015 | 112 | 134 |
| 2016 | 125 | 152 |
| 2017 | 147 | 142 |
| 2018 | 140 | 143 |
| 2019 | 142 | 169 |
| 2020 | 143 | 182 |
| 2021 | 135 | 165 |
| 2022 | 137 | 144 |
| 2023 | 151 | 128 |
| 2024 | 120 | 119 |
| 2025 | 110 | 108 |
| 2026 | 66 | 71 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16C 17/026With helical grooves in the bearing surface to generate hydrodynamic pressure458
- F16C 17/03With tiltably-supported segments415
- F16C 17/024With flexible leaves to create hydrodynamic wedge350
- F16C 17/022With a pair of essentially semicircular bearing sleeves246
- F16C 17/028With fixed wedges to generate hydrodynamic pressure166
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