F16C 33/108
With a plurality of elements forming the bearing surfaces
Official title: {with a plurality of elements forming the bearing surfaces, e.g. bearing pads}
F16C33/108 (With a plurality of elements forming the bearing surfaces) appears on 204 US grants and 159 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 159
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 291
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tilt pad journal bearing with lubrication arrangement18 Aug 2026US 12,710,071 B2Elliott Company
- Flexible shoe for a thrust bearing11 Aug 2026US 12,704,149 B2Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation
- Linear drive assembly28 Jul 2026US 12,692,929 B2Kerr Machine Co.
- Spherical fluid-film bearing23 Jun 2026US 12,663,040 B2Kingsbury, Inc.
- Methods of manufacturing combination thrust-bearing and radial bearing apparatuses16 Jun 2026US 12,655,869 B2US Synthetic Corporation
- Bearing device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276039 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Thrust bearing with tilting pad14 May 2026US 2026/0132797 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Bearings having asymmetrical recesses14 May 2026US 2026/0132817 A1Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Thrust bearing and rotary machine5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036164 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation
- Linear drive assembly21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264151 A1Kerr Machine Co.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Polycrystalline diamond bearing system for a roller cone rock bit202US 4,802,539 ASmith International, Inc. · 1989
- Thrust-bearing assembly150US 7,552,782 B1US Synthetic Corporation · 2009
- Bearing structure for downhole motors130US 4,720,199 ASmith International, Inc. · 1988
- Well drilling tool with diamond thrust bearings95US 4,620,601 AMaurer Engineering Inc. · 1986
- High performance bearing pad for thrust bearing95US 5,253,939 AAnadrill, Inc. · 1993