F16C 17/028
With fixed wedges to generate hydrodynamic pressure
Official title: {with fixed wedges to generate hydrodynamic pressure, e.g. multi-lobe bearings}
F16C17/028 (With fixed wedges to generate hydrodynamic pressure) appears on 166 US grants and 128 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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