F16C 33/1075
Wedges
Official title: {Wedges, e.g. ramps or lobes, for generating pressure}
F16C33/1075 (Wedges) appears on 319 US grants and 250 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 319
- Published applications
- 250
- Assignees
- 194
- Inventors
- 651
- Latest grant
- 27 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 | 11 |
| 2003 | 8 | 9 |
| 2004 | 6 | 4 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 16 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13 |
| 2008 | 9 | 14 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 9 | 5 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 11 |
| 2013 | 2 | 10 |
| 2014 | 17 | 18 |
| 2015 | 6 | 13 |
| 2016 | 14 | 20 |
| 2017 | 20 | 8 |
| 2018 | 13 | 19 |
| 2019 | 16 | 14 |
| 2020 | 18 | 11 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- A hydrodynamic sliding bearing22 May 2025US 2025/0163958 A1Miba Bearings US, LLC
- Half thrust bearing6 Feb 2025US 2025/0043816 A1Daido Metal Company Ltd.
- Thrust Washer for Distributing a Fluid with Lubricant Pockets26 Dec 2024US 2024/0426339 A1
- Hydrodynamic gearbox, gearbox and use3 Oct 2024US 2024/0328457 A1Flender-Graffenstaden S.A.S.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wear resisting slide member112US 5,462,362 ANsk Ltd. · 1995
- Sliding bearing element with lubricating oil pockets82US 6,095,690 AGlyco-Metall-Werke Glyco B.V. & Co. KG · 2000
- Turbocharger integrated bearing system81US 6,017,184 AAllied-Signal Inc. · 2000
- Dynamic pressure bearing motor80US 6,215,217 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Sankyo Seiki Seisakusho · 2001
- Thrust bearing78US 6,036,435 APump Engineering, Inc. · 2000