F16C 32/0666
Of bearing pads
Official title: {of bearing pads}
F16C32/0666 (Of bearing pads) appears on 210 US grants and 120 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 210
- Published applications
- 120
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 325
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
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.
- Thrust bearing with tilting pad12 May 2026US 12,624,705 B1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- 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.
- Functionally graded composite structures30 Sep 2025US 12,429,092 B2Dover Pumps & Process Solutions Segment, Inc.
- Bearing monitoring/analysis system23 Sep 2025US 12,422,337 B2Waukesha Bearings Corporation
- Hydrostatic gas bearing device28 May 2026US 2026/0146645 A1KYOCERA Corporation
- Thrust bearing with tilting pad14 May 2026US 2026/0132797 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Bearing Monitoring/Analysis System4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369828 A1Waukesha Bearings Corporation
- Workpiece Support For A Thermal Processing System9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314267 A1Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.
- Externally pressurized journal bearing and method for fabricating thereof9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314269 A1Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hydrostatic and active control movable pad bearing99US 5,743,654 AKMC, Inc. · 1998
- Fluid dampened support having variable stiffness and damping66US 5,421,655 AKMC, Inc. · 1995
- Positioning device comprising pre-stressed contactless bearings65US 4,628,238 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1986
- Load moving devices58US 4,227,197 AThe Marconi Company Limited · 1980
- Hydrostatic and active control movable pad bearing50US 5,513,917 AKMC, Inc. · 1996