F16C 31/04
Ball or roller bearings
F16C31/04 (Ball or roller bearings) appears on 72 US grants and 47 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 72
- Published applications
- 47
- Assignees
- 50
- Inventors
- 170
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ball screw device15 Sep 2026US 12,736,114 B2Ntn Corporation
- Ball spline device, automated guided vehicle and stereoscopic warehouse system5 May 2026US 12,618,437 B2Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co., Ltd.
- Bearing assembly for a converter24 Mar 2026US 12,584,520 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Bearing seat assembly and converter device13 Jan 2026US 12,523,257 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Actuator apparatus with precision bearings and light sensor6 Jan 2026US 12,515,715 B2DTL Linear, LLC
- Rocking table28 May 2026US 2026/0146665 A1Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Movement transmission device and a seat20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353597 A1Safran Electronics & Defense
- Ball screw device23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327511 A1Nsk Ltd.
- Ball screw device28 Aug 2025US 2025/0271050 A1Ntn Corporation
- Guide bearing with multiple pressure measurement points, system for measuring the viscosity or reynolds number of a fluid, with a pole guided by the bearing, application to monitoring in bioproduction10 Jul 2025US 2025/0224321 A1Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
Most cited
By later US patents
- Actuation means for roller guide bushing for drill rig63US 4,054,332 AGardner-Denver Company · 1977
- Dynamic bushing for medical device tubing37US 7,476,034 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2009
- Linear movement device and lubricant supplying device used therefor31US 6,155,717 AThk Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Actuator24US 6,000,292 ASMC Corporation · 1999
- Ball guide16US 5,156,462 A1992