F16F 9/006
Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent
Official title: {characterised by the nature of the damping medium, e.g. biodegradable (variable viscosity damping adjustment F16F9/53)}
F16F9/006 (Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent) appears on 88 US grants and 79 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 79
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 227
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fluid-filled cylindrical vibration damping device1 Sep 2026US 12,723,637 B2Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
- Bearing support having arcuate damper elements25 Aug 2026US 12,716,367 B1Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Damper device and electronic apparatus12 May 2026US 12,627,198 B2Lanto Electronic Limited
- Viscoelastic damper assembly24 Feb 2026US 12,560,215 B2Momentum Technologies AS
- Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism21 Oct 2025US 12,448,991 B2Moshun, LLC
- Wearable Hydraulic System And Shock Absorbing Device For Reducing Forces Due To Impact2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182694 A1
- Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043424 A1Moshun, LLC
- Shear thickening fluid based object movement control method and mechanism2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305554 A1Moshun, LLC
- Shear thickening fluid based object movement control method and mechanism20 Mar 2025US 2025/0092933 A1Moshun, LLC
- Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism26 Sep 2024US 2024/0318673 A1Moshun, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Valve mechanism for damping system110US 6,105,987 ARockshox, Inc. · 2000
- Viscoelastic resin composition for vibration-damping material100US 5,183,863 ANippon Steel Corporation · 1993
- Apparatus and methods for forming, filling and sealing fluid filled cavities79US 5,500,067 A1996
- Hydraulic-operating shock and vibration absorber and damper57US 4,452,437 A1984
- Shock damper43US 9,303,709 B2Ggodrich Corporation · 2016