F16C 25/02
Sliding-contact bearings
F16C25/02 (Sliding-contact bearings) appears on 283 US grants and 216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 283
- Published applications
- 216
- Assignees
- 213
- Inventors
- 601
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 12 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sliding contact bearing with lash reduction2 Jun 2026US 12,644,488 B1KB Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
- Adjustable bearing assemblies and related apparatus and methods14 Oct 2025US 12,442,412 B2US Synthetic Corporation
- Wind power main-shaft sliding bearing with bidirectional stresses and wind power generation system7 Oct 2025US 12,435,757 B1Jiangsu Zhenjiang New Energy Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Device for adjusting a sprocket of a chain drive23 Sep 2025US 12,422,023 B2Deere & Company
- Device for adjusting a sprocket of a chain drive5 Aug 2025US 12,379,022 B2Deere & Company
- Plain bearing arrangement, nacelle equipped with the plain bearing arrangement for a wind power plant, and wind power plant20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243232 A1Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbH
- Bearing holding device and motor30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218747 A1Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.
- Bearing Device With Squeeze Film Damper, and Centrifugal Compressor9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194064 A1Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd.
- Adjusting a bearing play of components mounted in a coaxially rotatble manner4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153123 A1HWG Horst Weidner GmbH
- Adjustable bearing assemblies and related apparatus and methods5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036163 A1US Synthetic Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shaft support assembly for use in a polygon mirror drive motor59US 5,254,893 A1993
- Rotary seal and/or bearing57US 6,210,103 B1A. W. Chesterton Company · 2001
- Rotation supporting device of a polygon mirror51US 4,984,881 AEbara Corporation · 1991
- Multi-deflection pad hydrodynamic thrust and journal bearings having a modular construction51US 5,125,754 A1992
- Gas dynamic bearing for spindle motor47US 4,998,033 AEbara Corporation · 1991