F16F 2222/00
Special physical effects
Official title: Special physical effects, e.g. nature of damping effects
F16F2222/00 (Special physical effects) appears on 1,138 US grants and 1,439 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 1,138
- Published applications
- 1,439
- Assignees
- 597
- Inventors
- 2,655
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 7 | 3 |
| 2002 | 10 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 9 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 10 |
| 2014 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 16 | 12 |
| 2016 | 14 | 29 |
| 2017 | 24 | 88 |
| 2018 | 46 | 94 |
| 2019 | 81 | 132 |
| 2020 | 105 | 145 |
| 2021 | 98 | 216 |
| 2022 | 143 | 138 |
| 2023 | 132 | 158 |
| 2024 | 143 | 142 |
| 2025 | 126 | 113 |
| 2026 | 83 | 82 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Active crew seat vibration control6 Oct 2026US 12,753,823 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Controlled damper with proportional valve and cross-flow bypass sleeve29 Sep 2026US 12,747,769 B2Beijingwest Industries Co., Ltd.
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker22 Sep 2026US 12,744,492 B2FTC Solar, Inc.
- End-stop control valves for providing progessive damping forces in vibration dampers15 Sep 2026US 12,736,103 B2thyssenkrupp AG
- Dynamically controlling damping in an industrial environment8 Sep 2026US 12,728,524 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Vibration damper, motor vehicle and method for filling8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309202 A1thyssenkrupp AG
- Vibration damper for a motor vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309203 A1thyssenkrupp AG
- Damper device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309204 A1Thk Co., Ltd.
- Telescopic Tube Assembly with Idle Stroke and Integrated Damper8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309205 A1
- Seismic restraint device for suspended elements8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309206 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Methods and apparatus for controlling a fluid damper108US 8,955,653 B2Fox Factory, Inc. · 2015
- Magnetic valve for shock absorbers93US 8,104,591 B2Eko Sport, Inc. · 2012
- Limiting system for a vehicle suspension component87US 10,619,696 B2Oshkosh Defense, LLC · 2020