F16C 2204/60
Ferrous alloys
Official title: Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
F16C2204/60 (Ferrous alloys) appears on 446 US grants and 487 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 446
- Published applications
- 487
- Assignees
- 228
- Inventors
- 1,209
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 3 |
| 2002 | 9 | 5 |
| 2003 | 9 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 14 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 13 |
| 2010 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 7 | 12 |
| 2013 | 7 | 20 |
| 2014 | 9 | 24 |
| 2015 | 10 | 24 |
| 2016 | 17 | 40 |
| 2017 | 18 | 32 |
| 2018 | 25 | 23 |
| 2019 | 22 | 41 |
| 2020 | 27 | 42 |
| 2021 | 27 | 39 |
| 2022 | 35 | 28 |
| 2023 | 31 | 29 |
| 2024 | 21 | 19 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 |
| 2026 | 10 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16C 2204/70With chromium as the next major constituentIndexing code122
- F16C 2204/66High carbon steel, i.e. carbon content above 0.8 wt%Indexing code92
- F16C 2204/64Medium carbon steel, i.e. carbon content from 0.4 to 0,8 wt%Indexing code59
- F16C 2204/62Low carbon steel, i.e. carbon content below 0.4 wt%Indexing code58
- F16C 2204/74With manganese as the next major constituentIndexing code20
Recent patents
- Highly corrosion-resistant stainless steel component and method of manufacturing same, method of heat-treating stainless steel component, and rolling bearing and method for manufacturing same25 Aug 2026US 12,716,109 B2MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Electric power steering gear with an anti-rotate feature18 Aug 2026US 12,709,321 B2ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
- Three piece coolant controlled rotor shaft28 Jul 2026US 12,695,355 B2Dana Tm4 Inc.
- Rolling bearing ring and manufacturing method therefor19 May 2026US 12,631,217 B2Nsk Ltd.
- Ball joint with notched outer ring17 Mar 2026US 12,577,981 B2SKF Aerospace France S.A.S
- A vacuum pump and a permanent magnetic bearing assembly for a vacuum pump24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286969 A1
- One-step carbo-nitro-austempering process for forming steel bearings10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265851 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Roller hydraulic valve lifter bearing10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266204 A1Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc.
- Bearing assembly for a wearable drug delivery device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257012 A1mylife Diabetes Care AG
- Follower bearing, follower bearing module, and method of producing inner member of follower bearing3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258836 A1Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thin film treated drilling bit cones111US 4,054,426 A1977
- Composite bearing structure of alternating hard and soft metal, and process for making the same92US 4,474,861 ASmith International, Inc. · 1984
- Radial bearings72US 4,029,368 ASmith International, Inc. · 1977
- Sliding bearing and manufacturing method thereof48US 6,086,257 A2000
- Blood pumps44US 11,517,736 B2Procyrion, Inc. · 2022