F16C 32/0633
The liquid being retained in a gap
Official title: {the liquid being retained in a gap}
F16C32/0633 (The liquid being retained in a gap) appears on 69 US grants and 75 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 69
- Published applications
- 75
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 145
- Latest grant
- 27 Jan 2026
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| 2020 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Guide apparatus and guide structure27 Jan 2026US 12,533,760 B2Thk Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for a liquid metal bearing assembly fill port and plug3 Jun 2025US 12,322,566 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Sliding component12 Nov 2024US 12,140,179 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Sliding component8 Oct 2024US 12,110,968 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing1 Oct 2024US 12,104,644 B2Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus
- Fluid dynamic bearing, spindle motor, and disk drive device14 May 2026US 2026/0132350 A1
- Hydraulic bearing and process for manufacturing a hydraulic bearing19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078801 A1Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
- Systems and methods for liquid metal bearing assembly2 Jan 2025US 2025/0006449 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Systems and methods for a liquid metal bearing assembly fill port and plug2 Jan 2025US 2025/0006450 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Magneto-rheological rotating load device and method of controlling the same7 Dec 2023US 2023/0392667 A1Ck Materials Lab Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Positioning device for optical system element76US 4,475,033 ANorthern Telecom Limited · 1984
- Magnet structure32US 4,451,811 ALitton Systems, Inc. · 1984
- Sliding component18US 9,850,953 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. · 2017
- Hydrostatic bearing utilizing a ferromagnetic fluid16US 4,809,354 ANippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989
- Sliding component14US 8,814,433 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. · 2014