F16C 27/063
Sliding contact bearings
Official title: {Sliding contact bearings}
F16C27/063 (Sliding contact bearings) appears on 260 US grants and 195 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 260
- Published applications
- 195
- Assignees
- 201
- Inventors
- 549
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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| 2023 | 7 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 1 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Elastomeric supported hydrodynamic bearing74US 4,515,486 A1985
- Pivot joint69US 4,158,511 ATRW Inc. · 1979
- Bushing assembly60US 4,809,960 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Self-centering rotor bearing assembly for submersible pump motors60US 6,091,175 ACamco International Inc. · 2000
- Mounting for engines and the like57US 5,351,930 ALord Corporation · 1994