F16F 7/128
Characterised by the members
Official title: {characterised by the members, e.g. a flat strap, yielding through stretching, pulling apart}
F16F7/128 (Characterised by the members) appears on 105 US grants and 112 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 105
- Published applications
- 112
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 245
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 12 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 12 | 10 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Seismic bracing yield fuse2 Jun 2026US 12,644,562 B2Masek, Mcmullin and Larsen, LLC
- Steering column for vehicle and vehicle12 May 2026US 12,623,712 B2Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
- Seismic anchor system, apparatus, and structure including same9 Dec 2025US 12,492,569 B2
- Flexible tensile member with releasable convolutions for absorbing tensile energy4 Nov 2025US 12,460,692 B1Barrier1 Systems, LLC
- Additively manufactured energy absorbing strut device30 Sep 2025US 12,429,105 B2B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Door glass vibration-damping structure and vibration-damping stabilizer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309201 A1Kinugawa Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd.
- Energy absorbing member1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298305 A1G-Tekt Corporation
- Seismic bracing yield fuse24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287115 A1Masek, Mcmullin and Larsen, LLC
- Steering column for vehicle and vehicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274327 A1Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
- Force impact reducing and force impact distributing material25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174161 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shock absorber for safety cable system56US 5,332,071 ASinco, Inc. · 1994
- Tunable, healable vehicle impact devices34US 7,029,044 B2General Motors Corporation · 2006
- Adaptive collapsible steering column31US 6,189,929 B1TRW Inc. · 2001
- Reactive energy absorbing system29US 6,575,497 B1Delphi Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Twelve-cornered strengthening member29US 8,539,737 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2013