F16C 33/741
By means of a fluid
Official title: {by means of a fluid}
F16C33/741 (By means of a fluid) appears on 409 US grants and 440 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 409
- Published applications
- 440
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 643
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 11 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 19 |
| 2005 | 6 | 13 |
| 2006 | 17 | 25 |
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| 2012 | 20 | 29 |
| 2013 | 32 | 56 |
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| 2019 | 11 | 17 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8 |
| 2021 | 10 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 | 20 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 |
| 2024 | 15 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 10 |
| 2026 | 7 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sliding component1 Sep 2026US 12,723,656 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Sliding components11 Aug 2026US 12,704,151 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Sliding bearing unit and rotating anode X-ray tube7 Jul 2026US 12,676,277 B2Canon Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
- Sliding component31 Mar 2026US RE50,849 E1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Sliding component17 Mar 2026US 12,578,019 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Sliding component23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210399 A1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Hydrostatic gas bearing device28 May 2026US 2026/0146645 A1KYOCERA Corporation
- Sliding components26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085755 A1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Sliding component20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354608 A1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Sliding component20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354609 A1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gas bearings for use with vacuum chambers and their application in lithographic projection apparatuses483US 6,603,130 B1ASML Netherlands B. V. · 2003
- Face seal with angled grooves and shallow annular groove84US 5,556,111 ADurametallic Corporation · 1996
- Hydrodynamic bearing having inverted surface tension seals78US 5,533,811 AQuantum Corporation · 1996
- Mechanical face seal with trapezoidal shaped grooves on a sealing face64US 5,222,743 AJohn Crane UK Limited · 1993
- Face seal with angled grooves and shallow annular groove61US 5,702,110 ADurametallic Corporation · 1997