F16F 15/161
Characterised by the fluid damping devices
Official title: {characterised by the fluid damping devices, e.g. passages, orifices (F16F15/162 takes precedence)}
F16F15/161 (Characterised by the fluid damping devices) appears on 122 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 196
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Adjustable gas spring tuned mass damper12 May 2026US 12,624,629 B2Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
- Apparatus for stabilization of an instrumentation platform27 Jan 2026US 12,535,121 B2Vale S.A.
- Air turbine starter with fluid damping assembly19 Aug 2025US 12,392,371 B2Unison Industries, LLC
- Suspension element systems and methods22 Jul 2025US 12,366,279 B2Oshkosh Defense, LLC
- Damping system of a solar tracker17 Jun 2025US 12,334,862 B2Trina Solar Spain, S.L.U.
- Aircraft propeller drive system27 Mar 2025US 2025/0100703 A1Brp-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG
- Adjustable gas spring tuned mass damper23 Jan 2025US 2025/0027401 A1Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
- Air turbine starter with fluid damping assembly23 Jan 2025US 2025/0027534 A1Unison Industries, LLC
- Torsional Vibration Damper26 Sep 2024US 2024/0318704 A1Hasse & Wrede GmbH
- Internal viscous rotational damping assembly18 Jul 2024US 2024/0240691 A1Riverhawk Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Active torsional vibration damper210US 5,678,460 AStahl International B.V. · 1997
- Active torsional vibration damper209US 5,553,514 AStahl International B.V. · 1996
- Limiting system for a vehicle suspension component123US 9,303,715 B2Oshkosh Defense, LLC · 2016
- Limiting system for a vehicle suspension component116US 10,030,737 B2Oshkosh Defense, LLC · 2018
- Limiting system for a vehicle suspension component87US 10,619,696 B2Oshkosh Defense, LLC · 2020