F16C 29/06
In which the rolling bodies circulate partly without carrying load
Official title: in which the rolling bodies circulate partly without carrying load
F16C29/06 (In which the rolling bodies circulate partly without carrying load) appears on 1,480 US grants and 922 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 1,480
- Published applications
- 922
- Assignees
- 275
- Inventors
- 1,390
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 45 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 35 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 45 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 21 |
| 2002 | 35 | 38 |
| 2003 | 42 | 50 |
| 2004 | 43 | 48 |
| 2005 | 32 | 48 |
| 2006 | 29 | 58 |
| 2007 | 36 | 51 |
| 2008 | 42 | 76 |
| 2009 | 34 | 44 |
| 2010 | 44 | 42 |
| 2011 | 37 | 26 |
| 2012 | 41 | 22 |
| 2013 | 30 | 40 |
| 2014 | 35 | 31 |
| 2015 | 46 | 52 |
| 2016 | 32 | 31 |
| 2017 | 27 | 26 |
| 2018 | 29 | 30 |
| 2019 | 41 | 40 |
| 2020 | 32 | 29 |
| 2021 | 33 | 20 |
| 2022 | 12 | 17 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 |
| 2024 | 21 | 23 |
| 2025 | 15 | 18 |
| 2026 | 16 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16C 29/0633With a bearing body defining a u-shaped carriage, i.e. surrounding a guide922
- F16C 29/0602Details of the bearing body or carriage or parts thereof524
- F16C 29/068With the bearing body fully encircling the guide rail or track255
- F16C 29/0614With a shoe type bearing body152
- F16C 29/063With a bearing body139
- F16C 29/0676With a bearing body or carriage almost fully embracing the guide rail53
- F16C 29/0678With a bearing body, i.e. the body carrying the circulating rolling elements21
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Linear guide apparatus64US 6,561,049 B2Nsk Ltd. · 2003
- Linear motion rolling guide unit56US 5,927,858 ANippon Thompson Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Linear slide bearing54US 4,475,776 A1984
- Linear encoder and a guide unit on which it is equipped48US 5,606,256 ANippon Thompson Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Linear motion ball bearing44US 4,582,369 ATsubakimoto Precision Products Co., Ltd. · 1986