F16F 7/123
Deformation involving a bending action
Official title: {Deformation involving a bending action, e.g. strap moving through multiple rollers, folding of members (F16F7/125, F16F7/128 take precedence)}
F16F7/123 (Deformation involving a bending action) appears on 209 US grants and 150 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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