F16C 17/14
Specially adapted for operating in water
Official title: specially adapted for operating in water
F16C17/14 (Specially adapted for operating in water) appears on 95 US grants and 68 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 95
- Published applications
- 68
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 192
- Latest grant
- 19 Aug 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sealing member for bearing housing19 Aug 2025US 12,392,375 B2Ngi A/S
- Process fluid lubricated pump and pumping system11 Jun 2024US 12,006,946 B2Sulzer Management AG
- Compressor14 May 2024US 11,982,285 B2BMTS Technology GmbH & Co. KG
- Process fluid lubricated pump19 Dec 2023US 11,846,297 B2Sulzer Management AG
- Fluid film bearing24 Oct 2023US 11,795,997 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Pod propulsion unit23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208844 A1ABB AB
- Bearing for a propeller shaft of a ship, stern tube bearing arrangement, propulsion arrangement and method of operating a propulsion arrangement18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382044 A1Wärtsilä Ibérica, S.A.
- Bearing11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377011 A1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Pivot column bearing for a pivotable fin stabilizer25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296665 A1
- A thrust generating assembly24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236376 A1Kongsberg Maritime Sweden AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Elastomeric supported hydrodynamic bearing74US 4,515,486 A1985
- Marine propulsor39US 5,078,628 ANewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company · 1992
- Integral motor propulsor unit for water vehicles35US 5,220,231 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1993
- Dual propeller shock resistant submersible propulsor unit33US 5,185,545 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1993
- Water lubricated sleeve bearings24US 4,319,790 A1982