F16C 32/0648
By sensors or pressure-responsive control devices in or near the bearings
Official title: {by sensors or pressure-responsive control devices in or near the bearings}
F16C32/0648 (By sensors or pressure-responsive control devices in or near the bearings) appears on 59 US grants and 38 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 59
- Published applications
- 38
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 111
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Spherical fluid-film bearing23 Jun 2026US 12,663,040 B2Kingsbury, Inc.
- Flow control method for high-accuracy and high-stiffness hydrostatic device1 Apr 2025US 12,264,706 B2Haixi (Fujian) Institute,China Academy of Machinery Science&Technology Group
- Apparatus for storing cable9 Jan 2024US 11,866,286 B2Almek Hydraulic Services AS
- Circumferential seal assembly with multi-axis stepped grooves22 Aug 2023US 11,732,753 B2Stein Seal Company
- Circumferential seal assembly with multi-axis stepped grooves27 Jun 2023US 11,686,346 B2Stein Seal Company
- Bearing for a propeller shaft of a ship, stern tube bearing arrangement, propulsion arrangement and method of operating a propulsion arrangement18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382044 A1Wärtsilä Ibérica, S.A.
- Spherical fluid-film bearing5 Jun 2025US 2025/0180066 A1Kingsbury, Inc.
- Flow control method for high-accuracy and high-stiffness hydrostatic device21 Nov 2024US 2024/0384757 A1Haixi (Fujian) Institute,China Academy of Machinery Science&Technology Group
- Compressed fluid supply system31 Aug 2023US 2023/0271283 A1Fanuc Corporation
- Pressurized fluid supply system31 Aug 2023US 2023/0272808 A1Fanuc Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Self-compensating hydrostatic linear motion bearing31US 5,104,237 AAdvanced Engineering Systems Operations & Products, Inc. (AESOP) · 1992
- Self-compensating hydrostatic bearings for supporting shafts and spindles and the like for rotary and translational motion and methods therefor23US 5,281,032 A1994
- Hydrostatic bearing for supporting rotating equipment, a fluid handling system associated therewith, a control system therefore, method and apparatus19US 5,769,545 ABently Nevada, LLC · 1998