F16C 2206/40
Ceramics
Official title: Ceramics, e.g. carbides, nitrides, oxides, borides of a metal
F16C2206/40 (Ceramics) appears on 243 US grants and 274 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 243
- Published applications
- 274
- Assignees
- 165
- Inventors
- 679
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14 |
| 2014 | 5 | 10 |
| 2015 | 15 | 12 |
| 2016 | 18 | 14 |
| 2017 | 14 | 18 |
| 2018 | 8 | 16 |
| 2019 | 23 | 22 |
| 2020 | 17 | 21 |
| 2021 | 19 | 20 |
| 2022 | 14 | 19 |
| 2023 | 14 | 24 |
| 2024 | 10 | 15 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 |
| 2026 | 10 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods of manufacturing combination thrust-bearing and radial bearing apparatuses16 Jun 2026US 12,655,869 B2US Synthetic Corporation
- Wear-resistant member26 May 2026US 12,638,050 B2NGK Insulators, Ltd.
- Sliding components19 May 2026US 12,631,215 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Ceramic ball material comprising a band-portion over surface of a spherical portion, and method for manufacturing ceramic ball12 May 2026US 12,624,727 B2Niterra Materials Co., Ltd.
- Ceramic ball material, method for manufacturing ceramic ball using same, and ceramic ball12 May 2026US 12,624,728 B2Niterra Materials Co., Ltd.
- Shaft bearing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307773 A1thyssenkrupp AG
- Deep Groove Ball Bearing and Arc-Shaped Roller Assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298288 A1
- Device for Forming a Sliding Bearing or a Slip-Ring Seal Having Integrated Temperature Measurement24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287012 A1KSB SE & Co. KGaA
- Blood pump and method of manufacturing a blood pump housing6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224884 A1
- Wheel bearing unit for a vehicle30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218750 A1Audi AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surface coating for machine elements having rubbing surfaces146US 4,005,914 ARolls-Royce (1971) Limited · 1977
- Pump with shaftless impeller142US 4,806,080 AEbara Corporation · 1989
- Bearing assembly with polycrystalline superlattice coating82US 5,593,234 ANtn Corporation · 1997
- Gas dynamic bearing for spindle motor47US 4,998,033 AEbara Corporation · 1991
- Bearings, bearing apparatus, and systems including the same43US 8,480,304 B1US Synthetic Corporation · 2013