F16C 9/04
Connecting-rod bearings
Official title: Connecting-rod bearings; Attachments thereof
F16C9/04 (Connecting-rod bearings) appears on 548 US grants and 468 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 548
- Published applications
- 468
- Assignees
- 253
- Inventors
- 1,116
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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| 2002 | 11 | 12 |
| 2003 | 15 | 17 |
| 2004 | 13 | 25 |
| 2005 | 9 | 27 |
| 2006 | 6 | 13 |
| 2007 | 22 | 12 |
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| 2009 | 11 | 22 |
| 2010 | 11 | 26 |
| 2011 | 13 | 16 |
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| 2020 | 17 | 13 |
| 2021 | 12 | 14 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 11 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pump assembly using a shell bearing with a partial groove24 Feb 2026US 12,560,165 B2SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
- Connecting rod guide13 Jan 2026US 12,523,295 B2Advanced Flow Solutions Inc.
- Cover apparatus for use with aircraft hinge interfaces28 Oct 2025US 12,454,981 B2The Boeing Company
- Spherical joint and joint structure for robot having the same1 Jul 2025US 12,343,863 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Bearing element having a sensor and a telemetry device27 May 2025US 12,313,124 B2Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbH
- Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104071 A1Albany Engineered Composites, Inc.
- Connecting rod for an internal combustion engine5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063166 A1Cummins Inc.
- Linkage damper for aircraft component22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022732 A1Rohr, Inc.
- Bearing apparatus for crankshaft of internal combustion engine15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016048 A1Daido Metal Company Ltd.
- Strain wave gear8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009459 A1Minebea Mitsumi, lnc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder engine with collinear cylinders71US 8,763,583 B2EcoMotors, Inc. · 2014
- Method of making a split bearing assembly55US 4,569,109 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1986
- Connecting rod without wrist pin53US 8,376,723 B2Weir SPM, Inc. · 2013
- Split bearing assemblies51US 4,684,267 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1987
- Split bearing assemblies, method for making47US 4,860,419 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1989