F16C 23/084
Sliding on a complementary spherical surface
Official title: {sliding on a complementary spherical surface}
F16C23/084 (Sliding on a complementary spherical surface) appears on 238 US grants and 161 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Hydrodynamic bearings having beam mounted bearing pads and sealed bearing assemblies including the same54US 5,054,938 A1991
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- Method and apparatus for supporting rotor assemblies during unbalances39US 6,491,497 B1General Electric Company · 2002
- Unitary self-aligning bearing assembly37US 4,129,343 ANadella · 1978
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