F16F 1/185
Characterised by shape or design of individual leaves
Official title: {characterised by shape or design of individual leaves (F16F1/22 takes precedence)}
F16F1/185 (Characterised by shape or design of individual leaves) appears on 116 US grants and 119 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 116
- Published applications
- 119
- Assignees
- 102
- Inventors
- 342
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018 | 9 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 12 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Flat spring4 Aug 2026US 12,698,814 B2Christian Bauer GmbH + Co.
- Composite tape spring with engineered deployment energy using nanoparticles and methods of making21 Jul 2026US 12,687,210 B1UNM Rainforest Innovations
- Seal with radial cut torus spring30 Dec 2025US 12,510,159 B2Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
- Spring member14 Oct 2025US 12,442,425 B2NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Lightweight trailer30 Sep 2025US 12,428,083 B2
- Electric mobility vehicle30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115062 A1WHILL, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for increasing spring rate of linear springs16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104079 A1Rtx Corporation
- Bistable cells and inflatable membranes including bistable cells7 Aug 2025US 2025/0250968 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hybrid steel-shape memory alloy energy dissipation system10 Jul 2025US 2025/0224016 A1Texas State University
- Spring member19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198476 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Portable electronic device77US 8,731,618 B2Apple Inc. · 2014
- Spring core for mattress or cushion40US 6,170,808 B22001
- Printed-circuit-like array of springs with non-linear force vs deflection39US 5,409,200 A1995
- Composite spring design that also performs the lower control arm function for a conventional or active suspension system30US 6,811,169 B2DaimlerChrysler AG · 2004
- Folded spring flexure suspension for linearly actuated devices27US 7,550,880 B1Motran Industries, Inc. · 2009