F16C 17/10
Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement: for both radial and axial load
Official title: for both radial and axial load
F16C17/10 (Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement: for both radial and axial load) appears on 1,957 US grants and 1,902 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 1,957
- Published applications
- 1,902
- Assignees
- 666
- Inventors
- 2,926
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 29 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 42 | 0 |
| 1999 | 46 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 10 |
| 2002 | 47 | 53 |
| 2003 | 47 | 87 |
| 2004 | 54 | 95 |
| 2005 | 66 | 89 |
| 2006 | 76 | 104 |
| 2007 | 56 | 108 |
| 2008 | 48 | 90 |
| 2009 | 54 | 81 |
| 2010 | 57 | 66 |
| 2011 | 47 | 66 |
| 2012 | 62 | 83 |
| 2013 | 86 | 120 |
| 2014 | 94 | 121 |
| 2015 | 86 | 92 |
| 2016 | 58 | 70 |
| 2017 | 71 | 67 |
| 2018 | 68 | 85 |
| 2019 | 83 | 68 |
| 2020 | 67 | 71 |
| 2021 | 59 | 68 |
| 2022 | 44 | 60 |
| 2023 | 71 | 58 |
| 2024 | 57 | 38 |
| 2025 | 37 | 38 |
| 2026 | 17 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fluid dynamic bearing system and spindle motor having such a bearing system1 Sep 2026US 12,723,620 B2MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Strut bearing assembly for vehicle4 Aug 2026US 12,698,798 B2Iljin Co., Ltd.
- Sliding bearing unit and rotating anode X-ray tube7 Jul 2026US 12,676,277 B2Canon Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
- Spherical fluid-film bearing23 Jun 2026US 12,663,040 B2Kingsbury, Inc.
- Methods of manufacturing combination thrust-bearing and radial bearing apparatuses16 Jun 2026US 12,655,869 B2US Synthetic Corporation
- High speed electrical machine1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302870 A1Celeroton Turbocell AG
- Plain bearing arrangement, nacelle equipped with the plain bearing arrangement for a wind power plant, and wind power plant20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243232 A1Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbH
- Pod propulsion unit23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208844 A1ABB AB
- Transmission system and wind generating set23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210339 A1Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
- Bearing assemblies, apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods including bearings18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168507 A1ChampionX LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Composite polycrystalline diamond compact502US 4,604,106 ASmith International, Inc. · 1986
- Polycrystalline diamond bearing system for a roller cone rock bit395US 4,738,322 ASmith International, Inc. · 1988
- Well drilling tool with diamond radial/thrust bearings383US 4,410,054 AMaurer Engineering Inc. · 1983
- Composite polycrystalline diamond209US 4,525,178 AMegadiamond Industries, Inc. · 1985
- Transistion layer polycrystalline diamond bearing208US 4,729,440 ASmith International, Inc. · 1988