F16C 17/06
With tiltably-supported segments
Official title: with tiltably-supported segments, e.g. Michell bearings {(with flexible leaves F16C17/042; hydrostatic F16C32/0666)}
F16C17/06 (With tiltably-supported segments) appears on 288 US grants and 182 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 288
- Published applications
- 182
- Assignees
- 123
- Inventors
- 405
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 14 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10 |
| 2017 | 16 | 12 |
| 2018 | 11 | 8 |
| 2019 | 13 | 16 |
| 2020 | 12 | 23 |
| 2021 | 15 | 10 |
| 2022 | 14 | 11 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Flexible shoe for a thrust bearing11 Aug 2026US 12,704,149 B2Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation
- Thrust bearing with tilting pad12 May 2026US 12,624,705 B1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Microscopic surface texturing for shouldered shaft and bearing pads16 Dec 2025US 12,497,995 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Force coupling assemblies and related systems and methods4 Nov 2025US 12,460,673 B2US Synthetic Corporation
- Functionally graded composite structures30 Sep 2025US 12,429,092 B2Dover Pumps & Process Solutions Segment, Inc.
- Thrust bearings to support axial thrust in pumps2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185463 A1General Electric Company
- Force coupling assemblies and related systems and methods21 May 2026US 2026/0139709 A1US Synthetic Corporation
- Thrust bearing with tilting pad14 May 2026US 2026/0132797 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Thrust bearing and rotary machine5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036164 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation
- Bearing Monitoring/Analysis System4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369828 A1Waukesha Bearings Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Axial bearing having independent pads for a centrifugal pump140US 5,735,668 AAnsimag Inc. · 1998
- Bearing design analysis apparatus and method108US 5,455,778 A1995
- Bearing assemblies, and bearing apparatuses and motor assemblies using same100US 7,870,913 B1US Synthetic Corporation · 2011
- Hydrostatic and active control movable pad bearing99US 5,743,654 AKMC, Inc. · 1998
- Fluid dampened support having variable stiffness and damping79US 5,603,574 AKMC, Inc. · 1997