F16C 33/50
Formed of interconnected members
Official title: formed of interconnected members, e.g. chains
F16C33/50 (Formed of interconnected members) appears on 152 US grants and 143 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 152
- Published applications
- 143
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 292
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 6 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | 0 | 8 |
| 2014 | 10 | 8 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9 |
| 2016 | 8 | 10 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020 | 9 | 6 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bearing unit with retaining cage16 Jun 2026US 12,655,872 B2Aktiebolaget Skf
- Cage segment for a rolling-element bearing cage20 May 2025US 12,305,709 B2Aktiebolaget Skf
- Multi-row rolling-element bearing14 Jan 2025US 12,196,256 B2Aktiebolaget Skf
- Rotatable module14 Jan 2025US 12,196,264 B1
- Ball retainer1 Oct 2024US 12,104,645 B2
- Roller chain for recirculating bearing modules, intended for offshore application2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185558 A1Reel
- Tapered roller bearing25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177105 A1Ntn Corporation
- Rolling bearing11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160296 A1Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Tapered roller bearing4 Sep 2025US 2025/0277507 A1Ntn Corporation
- Bearing unit with retaining cage9 Jan 2025US 2025/0012323 A1Aktiebolaget Skf
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chain of rolling elements chain arrangement57US 6,364,086 B1Rexroth Star GmbH · 2002
- Flexible bearing cage47US 6,247,847 B1Harken, Inc. · 2001
- Bearing split cage39US 4,239,304 AThe Torrington Company · 1980
- Method and apparatus for swing gear and bearing assembly for power mining shovel34US 4,622,860 ADresser Industries, Inc. · 1986
- Split bearing, cage for split or non-split bearing and method of cutting a member of a split bearing31US 5,743,659 ACraft Bearing Company, Inc. · 1998