F16C 29/02
Sliding-contact bearings
F16C29/02 (Sliding-contact bearings) appears on 991 US grants and 838 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 991
- Published applications
- 838
- Assignees
- 648
- Inventors
- 2,078
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 24 | 26 |
| 2004 | 16 | 32 |
| 2005 | 12 | 23 |
| 2006 | 24 | 34 |
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| 2009 | 13 | 23 |
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| 2018 | 36 | 55 |
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| 2021 | 47 | 48 |
| 2022 | 42 | 33 |
| 2023 | 24 | 36 |
| 2024 | 31 | 41 |
| 2025 | 42 | 40 |
| 2026 | 20 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bearing assembly for vehicle1 Sep 2026US 12,723,624 B2Ecoplastic Corporation
- Guide rail system for mold box28 Jul 2026US 12,691,615 B2Lego A/S
- Slide bearing guide device, in particular linear guide device, with a pre-loaded sliding element16 Jun 2026US 12,655,870 B2
- Vehicle seat slide9 Jun 2026US 12,649,393 B2FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
- Telescopic strut for a device for lifting loads2 Jun 2026US 12,643,773 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Scratch protection guard8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309189 A1Vertiv Corporation
- Slide rail assembly with buffer mechanism24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287015 A1Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
- Sustainable Sliding-Bearing Assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287016 A1
- Sliding member20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243298 A1Daido Metal Company Ltd.
- Telescopic rail with improved flexural strength13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232111 A1Accuride International, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gas bearings for use with vacuum chambers and their application in lithographic projection apparatuses483US 6,603,130 B1ASML Netherlands B. V. · 2003
- Drawer sliding device126US 4,070,076 AThe Raymond Lee Organization, Inc. · 1978
- Movement guiding mechanism118US 5,040,431 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991
- Telescopic cylindrical tube column108US 4,561,798 AThomson-CSF · 1985
- High-Performance non-contact support platforms93US 7,530,778 B2Coreflow Ltd. · 2009