F16C 23/02
Sliding-contact bearings
F16C23/02 (Sliding-contact bearings) appears on 875 US grants and 693 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 875
- Published applications
- 693
- Assignees
- 492
- Inventors
- 1,695
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 23 | 0 |
| 1977 | 26 | 0 |
| 1978 | 21 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 4 |
| 2002 | 14 | 22 |
| 2003 | 16 | 17 |
| 2004 | 18 | 16 |
| 2005 | 9 | 23 |
| 2006 | 7 | 18 |
| 2007 | 15 | 26 |
| 2008 | 8 | 21 |
| 2009 | 15 | 29 |
| 2010 | 13 | 25 |
| 2011 | 15 | 26 |
| 2012 | 17 | 23 |
| 2013 | 26 | 28 |
| 2014 | 22 | 33 |
| 2015 | 22 | 40 |
| 2016 | 27 | 42 |
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| 2018 | 36 | 35 |
| 2019 | 27 | 31 |
| 2020 | 36 | 42 |
| 2021 | 33 | 31 |
| 2022 | 33 | 35 |
| 2023 | 33 | 39 |
| 2024 | 27 | 20 |
| 2025 | 23 | 19 |
| 2026 | 12 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Well drilling tool with diamond radial/thrust bearings383US 4,410,054 AMaurer Engineering Inc. · 1983
- Journal bearing arrangement324US 5,102,379 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1992
- Thrust-bearing assembly150US 7,552,782 B1US Synthetic Corporation · 2009
- Bearing assemblies, and bearing apparatuses and motor assemblies using same100US 7,870,913 B1US Synthetic Corporation · 2011
- Turbofan engine comprising an spicyclic transmission having bearing journals76US 6,964,155 B2United Technologies Corporation · 2005