F16C 17/047
With fixed wedges to generate hydrodynamic pressure
Official title: {with fixed wedges to generate hydrodynamic pressure}
F16C17/047 (With fixed wedges to generate hydrodynamic pressure) appears on 162 US grants and 128 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 162
- Published applications
- 128
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 305
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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