F16C 32/0629
Supported by a liquid cushion
Official title: {supported by a liquid cushion, e.g. oil cushion}
F16C32/0629 (Supported by a liquid cushion) appears on 464 US grants and 364 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 364
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- 272
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- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 10 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 |
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| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 16 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 9 | 15 |
| 2013 | 22 | 30 |
| 2014 | 18 | 44 |
| 2015 | 19 | 23 |
| 2016 | 32 | 30 |
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| 2018 | 15 | 24 |
| 2019 | 25 | 20 |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 |
| 2021 | 13 | 17 |
| 2022 | 16 | 12 |
| 2023 | 17 | 27 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Guide apparatus and guide structure27 Jan 2026US 12,533,760 B2Thk Co., Ltd.
- 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.
- Gas bearing management for a compressor9 Sep 2025US 12,410,803 B2Trane International Inc.
- Systems and methods for a liquid metal bearing assembly fill port and plug3 Jun 2025US 12,322,566 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Low-weight hydrodynamic thrust bearing pad and related methods6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226943 A1Ohio University
- High-low temperature and high-frequency angular vibration device based on hydrostatic bearing system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210797 A1Beijing Aerospace Institute for Metrology and Measurement Technology
- Refrigerant circuit compressor gas bearing feed16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202110 A1Trane International Inc.
- Fluid dynamic bearing, spindle motor, and disk drive device14 May 2026US 2026/0132350 A1
- Bearings having asymmetrical recesses14 May 2026US 2026/0132817 A1Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Positioning device for optical system element76US 4,475,033 ANorthern Telecom Limited · 1984
- Blood pump74US 9,616,157 B22017
- Thermal control system for gas-bearing turbocompressors72US 6,231,302 B12001
- Systems and methods for controlling backpressure in a heat engine system having hydrostaic bearings65US 9,932,861 B2Echogen Power Systems, LLC · 2018
- Vibration limiting of rotating machinery through active control means45US 4,643,592 A1987