F16C 33/745
By capillary action
Official title: {by capillary action}
F16C33/745 (By capillary action) appears on 220 US grants and 274 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 220
- Published applications
- 274
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 302
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 13 |
| 2005 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | 11 | 16 |
| 2007 | 12 | 13 |
| 2008 | 4 | 16 |
| 2009 | 15 | 10 |
| 2010 | 10 | 23 |
| 2011 | 8 | 13 |
| 2012 | 19 | 25 |
| 2013 | 29 | 48 |
| 2014 | 37 | 43 |
| 2015 | 22 | 21 |
| 2016 | 10 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sliding bearing unit and rotating anode X-ray tube7 Jul 2026US 12,676,277 B2Canon Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for a liquid metal bearing assembly fill port and plug3 Jun 2025US 12,322,566 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Fluid dynamic bearing, spindle motor, hard disk drive device3 Dec 2024US 12,158,180 B2MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Sealing structure19 Apr 2022US 11,306,823 B2Fanuc Corporation
- Fluid dynamic bearing device, spindle motor, and hard disk drive device14 Sep 2021US 11,118,628 B2MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Systems and methods for liquid metal bearing assembly2 Jan 2025US 2025/0006449 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Systems and methods for a liquid metal bearing assembly fill port and plug2 Jan 2025US 2025/0006450 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Sliding bearing unit and rotating anode x-ray tube17 Oct 2024US 2024/0347308 A1Canon Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
- Fluid dynamic bearing, spindle motor, hard disk drive device8 Jun 2023US 2023/0175549 A1MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Fluid dynamic bearing device, spindle motor, and hard disk drive device13 May 2021US 2021/0140481 A1MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hydrodynamic bearing having inverted surface tension seals78US 5,533,811 AQuantum Corporation · 1996
- Hydrodynamic bearing and seal60US 5,423,612 AQuantum Corporation · 1995
- Self-contained hydrodynamic bearing unit and seals54US 5,558,445 AQuantum Corporation · 1996
- Hydrodynamic bearing49US 5,112,142 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1992
- Hydrodynamic bearing for use in an electric motor and an electric motor having the hydrodynamic bearing48US 6,066,903 ANidec Corporation · 2000